Museum of Brittany
| Musée de Bretagne | |
Ethnographic museum, local history | |
| Accreditation | Museum of France |
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| Director | Céline Chanas  |
| Architect | Christian de Portzamparc |
| Website | musee-bretagne |
  Location of Museum of Brittany | |
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The Brittany Museum (
The provenance of the first items in the collections are from confiscations in 1794 during the French Revolution.[1] The museum has been located in various places over time, notably housed alongside the Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes since 1815 in what was later named the Palais universitaire de Rennes. it moved to its present site in 2006.
Collection
The current collection consists of over 600,000 objects and documents, of which more than 400,000 are photographic negatives and prints. The collections are co-managed with the local ecomuseum – the Écomusée de la Bintinais.[1]
Notable permanent collections include
The museum also houses a substantial collection of works related to Alfred Dreyfus and his 1899 trial (known as the Dreyfus affair) – which was held in the nearby Lycée de Rennes (now the Lycée Émile-Zola de Rennes). Following a temporary exhibition in 1973, Jeanne Lévy, daughter of Alfred Dreyfus, made a large donation which was subsequently increased by other family-donations and purchases.[2][3] The collection now includes 6,800 items including significant amounts of personal correspondence.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Projet Scientifique et Culturel du musée de Bretagne (PDF) (in French). pp. 36–40, Chapter 3. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
- ^ "Les collections relatives à l'Affaire Dreyfus au musée de Bretagne – Musée dévoilé". musee-devoile.blog. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- Ouest France(in French).
External links
- Official website
- Collection database records of the French ministry of culture
- Rennes Tourism museum information page
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