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Musée de Grenoble

Address: 5 pl. de Lavalette, Grenoble
Phone: 04-76-63-44-44
www.museedegrenoble.fr/

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Grenoble

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Several blocks east of the Musée Stendhal is Place de Lavalette, on the south side of the river where most of Grenoble is concentrated, and site of the Musée de Grenoble, formerly the Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture (Painting and Sculpture Museum). Founded in 1796 and since enlarged, it's one of France's oldest museums and the first to concentrate on modern art (Picasso donated his Femme Lisant in 1921); a modern addition incorporates the medieval Tour de l'Isle (Island Tower), a Grenoble landmark. The collection includes 4,000 paintings and 5,500 drawings, among them works from the Italian Renaissance, Rubens, Flemish still lifes, Zurbaran, and Canaletto; Impressionists such as Renoir and Monet; and 20th-century works by Matisse (Intérieur aux Aubergines), Signac, Derain, Vlaminck, Magritte, Ernst, Miró, and Dubuffet. Modern-art lovers should also check out the Centre National d'Art Contemporain (155 cours Berriat. 04-76-21-95-84). Behind the train station in an out-of-the-way district, it is noted for its distinctive warehouse museum and cutting-edge collection.

Cost: EUR 5
Open: Wed.-Mon. 10-6:30

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