General Information
| Other name(s): | Muséum Requien |
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| Completion: | 18th century |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Museum building |
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Location
| Location: |
Avignon, Vaucluse (84), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
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| Coordinates: | 43° 56' 48.24" N 4° 48' 12.64" E |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Musée Requien or Museum Requien is a natural history museum in Avignon, France. Some of Jean Henri Fabre's work is displayed here. It is named in honor of French naturalist Esprit Requien (6 May 1788, Avignon – 30 May 1851, Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud).
History
The Muséum Requien was founded by Esprit Requien in 1840 as a cabinet of curiosities. Esprit Requien, botanist, paleontologist, malacologist, and naturalist from Avignon, was born on May 6, 1788, in a very modest residence near the rue des Lices in Avignon. He died on May 30, 1851, in Bonifacio. He became administrator of the Calvet Museum in 1849. An enlightened collector, he had already bequeathed his funds nine years earlier. The collections are then regularly supplemented by local researchers and scientists, particularly Jean-Henri Fabre. On three levels, the museum moved into the Raphélis de Soissans Hotel in 1943.
Museum activities
The museum is the most visible activity, retracing the fauna and flora of Vaucluse since prehistoric times. At the same time, research activity is maintained, at the national and European levels, particularly by consulting the 18,000 books in the Esprit Requien library.
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20014705 - Published on:
05/12/2004 - Last updated on:
03/03/2023
