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Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)

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Musée des antiquités
Musée des antiquités

The Musée des Antiquités (known until around 2016 as the Musée départemental des Antiquités) is a museum in the French city of Rouen, housing archaeological finds from the department of Seine-Maritime. It is classified as a Museum of France.It was set up in 1831 to house the finds excavated at Lillebonne at the instigation of prefect Henri Dupont-Delporte. Its first director was Achille Deville and one of its first curators was Jean Benoît Désiré Cochet. It suffered a fire on 21 April 1894.On 1 January 2016, the museum moved to the Métropole Rouen Normandie and it now forms part of the Réunion des Musées Métropolitains Rouen Normandie network.

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Museum of Antiquities (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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