The Musée Lapidaire
The Musée Lapidaire or Galerie des Antiques of the Musée Calvet presents the Greek, Roman, Gallo-Roman and Palaeo-Christian collections, in a gradually renewed presentation.
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2 visitors to the Musée Calvet in a room full of paintings - Photo credit: Olivier Tresson / Avignon TourismeRequien, Lapidaire, Calvet... The top free museums in Avignon
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The Museum Requien, owes its name to its creator Esprit Requien (1788 – 1851) who, in 1840, bequeathed his collections and library to the Musée Calvet. With over 1.2 million specimens, it is one of the most important natural history museums in the region. It regularly presents exhibitions and also houses a large study library and reserves accessible only to researchers.
The Musée du Petit Palais – Louvre in Avignon
The Musée du Petit Palais – Louvre in Avignon is one of Europe’s great museums of medieval art. It has the Musée de France label and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The museum houses a unique collection of paintings from the Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance (over three hundred Italian primitives), including the Campana collection, a major collection from the Musée Calvet (Avignon School from the 13th to 16th centuries) and medieval sculptures from the 12th to 16th centuries from Avignon and the surrounding area.
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This centre of Provençal culture bears witness to the history of a great Avignon family and an architecture that has been constantly remodelled since the 15th century. Now a centre for Mediterranean culture, it is dedicated to Provence, its history, traditions, language and literature, and also features an important collection of bells assembled by Jeanne de Flandreysy.
The Calvet museum
The building and the collection together form one of Avignon’s most poetic and history-laden venues. The Ecole d’Avignon is celebrated here, with a panorama of Avignon’s artistic creation from the Renaissance to the Revolution. Paintings, sculptures and objets d’art provide a better understanding of the richness of this production from the 16th to 17th centuries, with works by Simon de Châlons, Nicolas Mignard, Reynaud Levieux and Pierre Mignard, as well as works from the 17th and early 18th centuries.
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The Bains Pommer museum
Born in the Belle Epoque, the Bains Pommer are an atypical site that is unique in France. The tour retraces the evolution of these public baths over almost a century. Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the day-to-day life of the establishment, discovering the evolution of hygiene practices, the history of the Pommer family who are the soul of the place, but also that of the baths’ users, echoing the major changes in society.
Pommer baths Staircase
Atrium Des Bains Pommer
Des Bains Pommer boiler room
Cabine Des Bains Pommer
Musee Des Curiosites
Eglise Des Celestins Miam exhibition
Eglise Des Celestins Miam 3 exhibition
Eglise Des Celestins Miam 2 exhibitionThe Museum of Curiosities (until the end of December 2025)
The recently restored Church of the Célestins, a listed historic monument, is being transformed throughout Avignon, Terre de Culture 2025, into a veritable Museum of Curiosities. Hosting numerous exhibitions, it will become the city’s 7th (short-lived) museum in 2025.
