Vaucluse
Arrondissement of Avignon
Avignon

Calvet Museum

The Calvet Museum is the main museum in . Since the 1980s the collection has been split between two buildings, with the fine arts housed in an 18th-century hôtel particulier and a separate in the former chapel of the city's Jesuit college on rue de la République.
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musee-calvet.org
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum Requien and Hôtel des Taillades.

Museum
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is a natural history museum in , . Some of Jean Henri Fabre's work is displayed here. Muséum Requien is named in honor of French naturalist Esprit Requien.

Historic building
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is a historic building.

Historic building
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is a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ile Piot and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.

Locality
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is a locality.

Town
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is a commune in the department in southern . It can also be spelled Villeneuve-lez-Avignon.

Town
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is a commune in the department in the region in Southeastern . is a suburb of the city of ; it lies adjacent to its northeastern side. is situated 5 km east of Calvet Museum.

Calvet Museum

Latitude
43.94697° or 43° 56′ 49″ north
Longitude
4.80363° or 4° 48′ 13″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8FM6WRW3+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1490236424
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
12123434
Wiki­data ID
Q1142988
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Calvet Museum” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “musée Calvet”
  • Chinese: “卡尔韦博物馆”
  • Czech: “Muzeum Calvet”
  • Dutch: “Calvet Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف كالفيت”
  • French: “musée Calvet”
  • French: “Musée Calvet”
  • German: “Musée Calvet”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון קאלווה”
  • Italian: “Museo Calvet”
  • Japanese: “カルヴェ美術館”
  • Macedonian: “Музеј „Калве“”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Calvet”
  • Slovenian: “Musée Calvet”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej Calvet”
  • Spanish: “Museo Calvet”
  • “Musée Calvet”

Localities in the Area

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