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Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen

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Musée de Rouen
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The Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen (Natural History Museum) is a museum in Rouen, northern France, founded in 1828 by Félix Archimède Pouchet. Georges Pennetier was the second curator from 1873 to 1923, then Robert Régnier from 1924 to 1965. In October 2014, the museum of Rouen opened the Asian section of the gallery of the continents, the result of several years of cooperation with in particular Agus Koeciank and Jenny Lee, two Indonesian artists who have interpreted the Asian ethnographic collections of the museum of Rouen. It has been part of the Réunion des Musées Métropolitains Rouen Normandie since January 1, 2016. After the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris it is the second largest natural history museum in France. It preserves more than 500,000 objects from all over the world.

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Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen
Rue Beauvoisine, Rouen Quartier Vieux-Marché Cathédrale

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Musée des antiquités de la Seine-Maritime

Rue Beauvoisine 198
76000 Rouen, Quartier Vieux-Marché Cathédrale
Normandy, France
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Métropole Rouen Normandie

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Equestrian statue of Napoleon
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The Statue of Napoleon in the Place du Général-de-Gaulle, Rouen, Normandy was erected in 1865. The equestrian statue was sculpted in bronze by Gabriel-Vital Dubray, and its pedestal was designed by Louis Desmarest. It stands in front of the Hôtel de Ville in Rouen. In 1881, during the Third French Republic, the city's administration saw the statue of the emperor as contrary to their values. There were plans to melt it into a new statue of an effigy of the republic, or to remove the man and leave only the horse; these plans did not come to fruition due to lack of funds. In June 2020, the statue was taken down for repairs. Fractures in the hoof of the horse meant that it could have fallen down. A treasure chest of bronze, silver and gold coins of Napoleon III – Napoleon's nephew and reigning emperor at the time of inauguration – was found inside the pedestal. In September, mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol (Socialist) wished to replace it with a statue or work of art dedicated to the recently deceased feminist Gisèle Halimi. The plans were strongly opposed by the leader of the city's opposition, Jean-François Bures. Historian Thierry Lentz, director of the Fondation Napoléon, called the plans "cancel culture" and argued that Napoleon was a benefactor of Rouen, making him more locally relevant than Halimi. In December 2021, a survey of 4,080 residents found that 68% wanted the statue to remain, and the city council said it would respect the result. Later in December 2021, the statue was registered as a monument historique.