The Musée de l'Ancien Évêché (Museum of the Former Bishopric) is a departmental museum located in
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
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, France and dedicated to the
Isère heritage through the history of its Bishop's palace. Inaugurated in 1998, it is settled in the former Bishop's palace, near
Grenoble Cathedral
Grenoble Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Grenoble) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Grenoble, France. It is a national monument, and is the seat of the Bishop of Grenoble (since 2006 Bishop of Grenoble–Vienne).
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. The museum gives access to the remains of an early Christian baptistry and to a section of the
vestiges of the Gallo-Roman wall in the basement of the building.
Permanent exhibition
The permanent exhibition ''Isère through History'' displays items and paintings relating to the development of Isère from pre-history to the present day. The museum also shows regularly temporary exhibitions of local artists. In December 2014, a public garden was inaugurated near the entrance.
Temporary exhibitions
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Diodore Rahoult from November 2013 to May 2014
* ''The Alps of''
Doisneau from November 2012 to September 2013
*
He Yifu''. The journey of a Chinese painter in the Alps '' from November 2010 to February 2011
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Jules Flandrin
Jules Flandrin (1871–1947) was a French painter, printer and draughtsman. He was a pupil of Gustave Moreau. He was a contemporary of Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, Albert Marquet, Henri Evenepoel and Léon Printemps. He became somewhat famo ...
''. works from 1889 to 1914'', from November 2008 to April 2009
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Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
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, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
. ''Visions of a city'', from November 2007 to April 2008
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Alexandre Debelle, from February 2006 to May 2006
* '' The Isère heritage in comics'', from November 2004 to May 2005
* ''Painter (s) in
Proveysieux'', from October 2003 to May 2004
* ''Carthusian monasteries in Europe'', from October 2002 to May 2003
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Abbé Calès, ''a man, an artist'', from September 2001 to April 2002
* The
Tour du Pin triptych, from April 2000 to July 2001
Access
The
B tramline: Notre-Dame-Musée station.
See also
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Cularo
Cularo was the name of the Gallic city which evolved into modern Grenoble, until 381 when it was renamed Gratianopolis in honor of Roman emperor Gratian.
The first reference to Grenoble dates back to July 43 BC.''Ad Familiares'', 10, 2Letter 87 ...
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Museums in Grenoble
Archaeological museums in France
History museums in France
1998 establishments in France
Monuments historiques of Isère
Episcopal palaces