The museum of Picardy was inaugurated at Amiens in 1867. Its architecture is inspired by the expansion of the Louvre palace initiated by Napoleon III. It is the first building to have been specifically designed to house a museum of archeology and the fine arts and to highlight its exhibitions.
His first collections were collected in the eighteenth century and kept by the antique dealers of Picardy, including archaeological pieces and works of art (sculptures, paintings).
Classified Historical Monument in 2012, the museum was enlarged in 1929 by the addition of a pavilion dedicated to the collections of the painter Albert Maignan and it includes an annex, the hotel de Berny where are presented works of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and evoked local celebrities.
The museum itself sweeps the entire history of art from prehistory to the most recent currents of contemporary creation, passing through many archaeological pieces of the Middle Ages.
Among the remarkable works presented, Puvis de Chavannes frescoes, made especially to adorn the main staircase, but also paintings by El Greco, Fragonard, Francis Bacon, Picasso, Picabia or a sculpture by Miro.
The Picardy Museum is currently undergoing a major restructuring project. If "off the wall" exhibitions are scheduled, it has been closed to the public since 2017 and is expected to reopen at the end of 2019.
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