Museum Requien
Museum Requien is a natural history museum in Avignon, France. Some of Jean Henri Fabre's work is displayed here. Muséum Requien is named in honor of French naturalist Esprit Requien.Photo: Marianne Casamance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Email: musee.requien@mairie-avignon.fr
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in France
- Also known as: “Musee Requien” and “Muséum Requien”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Calvet Museum and Hôtel des Taillades.
Calvet Museum
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.
Hôtel des Taillades
Historic building
Photo: Callyou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Luu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It can also be spelled Villeneuve-lez-Avignon.
Le Pontet
Town
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
Le Pontet is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Le Pontet is a suburb of the city of Avignon; it lies adjacent to its northeastern side. Le Pontet is situated 5 km east of Museum Requien.
Museum Requien
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Avignon, Arrondissement of Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.94672° or 43° 56′ 48″ northLongitude
4.80343° or 4° 48′ 12″ eastOpen location code
8FM6WRW3+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 443916232OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6943577
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Georgian—“Museum Requien” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “勒基安博物馆”
- Chinese: “吕奎安博物馆”
- French: “Musée d’Histoire naturelle Esprit Requien”
- French: “Musee Requien”
- French: “Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle Esprit Requien”
- French: “Muséum Requien”
- Georgian: “რექვიენის მუზეუმი”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Maison de la Petite Lanterne and Galerie Rousset.
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