Musée Saint-Raymond

Musée Saint-Raymond (in English, Saint-Raymond museum; Occitan: Musèu Sant-Raimond) is the archeological museum of Toulouse, France, opened in 1892. The site originally was a necropolis, and in later constructions was a hospital for the poor and pilgrims, prison, student residence, stables, barracks and presbytery, eventually becoming a museum in 1891. It is housed in the former Saint-Raymond university college dating from the sixteenth century that borders Basilica of Saint-Sernin. The building has been renovated and reconstructed several times. It preserves and exhibits archaeological collections from protohistory to the early Middle Ages, mainly from the Celtic, Roman and early Christian periods, much from the Toulouse region. History of the building Originally a Christian necropolis dating from the 4th century was located here and stretched on either side of the Roman road close to the Basilica of Saint-Sernin . Between 1075 and 1080, on the site of the present building was a hospital for the poor and for pilgrims travelling the Way of St. James on the French Way from Arles via Toulouse, founded by Raymond Gayrard and financed by the Count of Toulouse . By the 13th century, at the time the University of Toulouse was created the house had been. Transfer and distribution of Toulouse collections 1892: monumental works remained at the Museum of the Augustins and small objects were transferred from the Musée Saint-Raymond 1931: the ethnographic collection was transferred to the Natural History Museum of Toulouse 1950: the ancient lapidary collections were transferred from the Musée des Augustins to the Musée Saint-Raymond 1961: transfer to the Paul-Dupuy Museum of collections after the Merovingian period