Musee Historique Review

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Musée Historique

  • Address: Sq. de l'Abbé-Desnoyers, Orléans, 45000
  • Phone: 02-38-79-25-60

Fodor's Review:

The Musée Historique (History Museum) is housed in the Hôtel Cabu, a Renaissance mansion restored after World War II. It contains works of both "fine" and "popular" art connected with the town's past, including a remarkable collection of pagan bronzes of animals and dancers. These bronzes were hidden from zealous Christian missionaries in the 4th century and discovered in a sandpit near St-Benoît in 1861.

  • Cost: EUR 4, joint ticket with Fine Arts Museum
  • Open: July and Aug., Tues.-Sat. 9:30-12:15 and 1:30-5:45, Sun. 2-6; May, June, and Sept., Tues.-Sat. 1:30-5:45, Sun. 2-6:30; Oct.-Apr., Wed. 1:30-5:45, Sun. 2-6
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