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Musees

The 10 museums in the city provide an incredible variety of collections : from ancient times in the Lapidaire (Lapidary) museum to Middle Age paintings in the Petit Palais, Beaux-Arts in the Calvet museum, impressionist paintings at the Angladon Foundation, decorative arts in the Vouland museum and contemporary art with the Lambert collection : all ages and styles are represented !

Ancienne Réglisserie Florent Licorice is a medicinal plant which has long been known, for the Greeks and Romans used it for its properties. The root of the licorice plant is used to make licorice. Avignon

Archives Municipales - Musée du Mont de ...Open all year, see schedules below. The oldest pawnshop in France (17th century), the archives of the City of Avignon, and the objects from the period the building served as a silk works. Avignon

Campredon - Centre d'Art Throughout the year the museum hosts temporary exhibitions. Right now you find the artist Nils Udo outlining the theme of nature through different art forms. A cultural place allows its use for schools, Islois or people passing... L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

Centre Horloger de Provence The Clockwork Museum: “the secrets of the watches”, or 400 years of the history of reading portable timepieces. Over 2,000 objects on display. Open 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Closed annually fro... Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue

Collection Lambert Open all year, see details below. Museum of contemporary art displaying the works donated to the French government by the famous art dealer Yvon Lambert. The Collection Lambert now displays permanent and temporary exhibitions. Avignon

Fondation Villa Datris Foundation for Contemporary sculptures. L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

Maison Jean Vilar The place is closed for restoration until May 2nd. This Theatre Centre is also known as the Hôtel de Crochans (17th c.). Many collections devoted to the theatre arts, to the history of theatre since 1945. Home to the archives on ... Avignon

Musée Angladon - Collection Jacques Doucet Open all year, see details below Since 1996, in city mansion in the heart of Avignon, the home of the museum's founders, the Angladon museum displays works from the collections of the great Parisian couturier Jacques Doucet. Avignon

Musée Calvet Open all year, see schedules below. This Museum is the Fine Arts Museum for Avignon, with paintings, sculptures and works of art from the 15th to the 20th centuries, in a beautiful 18th century mansion. Avignon

Musée de la Lavande At the heart of Provence, the only Lavender Museum entirely dedicated to true lavender, symbolic flower renowned internationally for its purity and its benefits. Cabrières-d'Avignon

Musée de l'Ecole d'Autrefois The school is not over! Since 1982, the first acquisitions for personal equipment and antiques. During the summer of 1997, birth of the Association "The school, reconstructed past." Come relive the heyday of old school through its... L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

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