Musée des beaux-arts de Nîmes

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes (French pronunciation: [myze de boz‿aʁ də nim]) is the fine arts museum of Nîmes.It was founded in 1821 and originally housed in the Maison Carrée. Since 1907 it has been housed in a building designed by the architect Max Raphel in Square de la Mandragore on rue de la Cité Foulc. The Maison Carrée soon became too small and an architectural competition was organised in 1902 for a new building. This was won by Max Raphel and work began in 1903, being completed in 1907. It was renovated by the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte in 1987