Calvet Museum
The Calvet Museum is the main museum in Avignon. 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 Lapidary Museum in the former chapel of the city's Jesuit college on rue de la République.- Museum
- …lies at an elevation of 27 metres (89 feet)
- …is also known as “Musee Calvet”
- Description: museum of Fine Arts of Avignon (Vaucluse, France)
- Email: musee.calvet@mairie-avignon.com
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum Requien and Hôtel des Taillades.
Museum Requien
Museum
Museum Requien is a natural history museum in Avignon, France.
Hôtel des Taillades
Historic building
Hôtel des Taillades is a historic building.
Hôtel de Villeneuve-Martignan
Historic building
Hôtel de Villeneuve-Martignan is a historic building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ile Piot and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Town
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Quartier Saint-Chamand
Suburb
Quartier Saint-Chamand is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Calvet Museum.
Calvet Museum
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Latitude
43.94697° or 43° 56′ 49″ north
Longitude
4.80363° or 4° 48′ 13″ east
Open location code
8FM6WRW3+QF
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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”
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