Musée des Beaux-arts et de la Dentelle d'Alençon
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Portrait of a Young Man of the Chigi Family by Jacob Ferdinand Voet
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| Established | 1857 |
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| Location | Alençon, Orne, France |
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| Type | Fine art, lace |
| Website | paysdalencontourisme.fr |
Musée des Beaux-arts et de la Dentelle d'Alençon (In English: Museum of Fine Arts and Lace of Alençon) is an art museum located in Alençon, France.[1][2][3]
Visitors can discover Alençon lace, as well as the fine arts (painting, drawing, engraving, sculpture) and an area devoted to the ethnography of Cambodia in 1900.
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History
In 1857, an "establishment intended to propagate a taste for the arts and sciences" was officially founded in Alençon, following the amalgamation of a natural history cabinet and some works created after the French Revolution.
Léon de La Sicotière, a senator and local scholar, was instrumental in the museum's rapid expansion and growth: new collections and donations enriched the museum's heritage. It was during this period (second half of the 19th century) that the bulk of the museum's collection was built up. Donors included Chennevières, Horace His de la Salle, Leriche, Jacquette, Noblesse and others. But it wasn't until the end of the 19th century that Alençon lace made its appearance at the museum.
The Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle currently occupies part of the former Jesuit college, restored in 1981 under the leadership of Pierre Mauger.
On November 16, 2010, Alençon lacemaking was inscribed on UNESCO's representative list of intangible cultural heritage.
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Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- La dentelle d’Alençon, un point c’est tout! Script error: No such module "In lang".
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