Musée de Tessé

The musée de Tessé is the central museum of fine arts for the city of Le Mans in France. It is located on the edge of the quinconces des Jacobins and the parc de Tessé. History Forming the collection The idea of setting up a town museum first arose towards the end of Louis XVI 's reign, just before the French Revolution. Le Mans was one of the first towns in France to get a museum, opening on 21 June 1799 and free to the public, though its official foundation date was 1 September 1801. It was housed in the galleries of the former Abbey of Saint-Pierre de la Couture, which now houses the Sarthe prefecture. A decree on the seizure of. Forming the collection The idea of setting up a town museum first arose towards the end of Louis XVI 's reign, just before the French Revolution. Le Mans was one of the first towns in France to get a museum, opening on 21 June 1799 and free to the public, though its official foundation date was 1 September 1801. It was housed in the galleries of the former Abbey of Saint-Pierre de la Couture, which now houses the Sarthe prefecture. A decree on the seizure of clergy goods in 1789. Collections Ancient Egypt One of the reconstructed tombs. It holds 125 objects from the 4th millennium BC onwards. Its Egyptological collection was first formed in 1819 by Édouard de Montulé, a traveller from Le Mans. In 1822 he gave his finds to the museums in Le Mans. This former private collection was expanded in 1913 thanks to items donated by Liger, then several purchases from a Louvre storeroom in 1983. It covers all aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation, particularly daily life, funerary rites and intellectual life. The largest.