Musée de Picardie

The Musée de Picardie is the main museum of Amiens and Picardy, in France. It is located at 48, rue de la République, Amiens. Its collections include artifacts ranging from prehistory to the 19th century, and form one of the largest regional museums in France. As an institution, the museum was founded as the Musée Napoléon in 1802 (the year of the Treaty of Amiens). However, the current building that houses the museum is more recent, being purpose-built as a regional museum between 1855 and 1867. The Second Empire style building was designed by architects Henri Parent and Arthur-Stanislas Diet. It was built thanks to the Société des Antiquaires de. Collections Archaeology Housed in the basement, archaeological collections include artifacts from: ancient Greece ancient Egypt, with around 400 objects (of which 257 are on show), mainly derived from the collection of the painter Albert Maignan and from national collections placed here the archaeology of Picardy, including unique Gravettian culture Upper Paleolithic finds from the Amiens-Renancourt 1 archeological site The museum is home to the mummified remains of an Egyptian woman named Setjaïmengaou. She died aged around 40 in the 7th century BC. The museum is also home to the God of Amiens , a Gallo-Roman.