A university museum with an educational vocation, the Musée des moulages was created in 1890 with the aim of conserving and exhibiting the study collections related to the teaching of Archaeology. Inaugurated on the occasion of the centenary of the University of Montpellier, the museum was installed in the Palais de l’Université, seat of the Faculty of Letters. The purchase, in 1904, of the casts collection of Canon Didelot of Valencia made it possible to expand the historical periods presented and introduce medieval art.
Free visit of the collections
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Musée des Moulages
Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry, route de Mende, 34090 Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, France
Discover, independently, the 19th century plaster reproductions of the greatest masterpieces of Greco-Roman antiquity and the Middle Ages, or come and admire the collections of original ancient objects of the Museum of Castings.
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Musée des Moulages
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Localisation
Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry, route de Mende, 34090 Montpellier, Hérault, Occitanie, France
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Accès
Tram line 5 - Université Paul Valéry stop Tramway line 1 - Saint-Eloi stop
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À propos
Autres événements dans ce lieu
Short guided tour of the Museum of castings
Following the route of the Museum of casts, go back in time to the 19th century, when archeology was still only an emerging discipline and when casts allowed students in Montpellier to understand the evolution of Greek art, from the influences of Pharaonic Egypt to the legacy of the Roman Empire.
