Housed in a former Benedictine abbey from the 17th century on the splendid Place des Terreaux, the Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts de Lyon is one of France’s richest encyclopedic museums. Its collections span 5,000 years of art history, from ancient Egypt to the modern era, through the great masters of European painting.<\/p>\n
The museum holds an exceptional collection: Rubens (including The Adoration of the Magi<\/em>), El Greco, Poussin, Rembrandt (his first known painting, The Stoning of Saint Stephen<\/em>), Delacroix, Courbet… The grand painting galleries on the first floor offer a comprehensive survey of the history of Western painting.<\/p>\n Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, Picasso: the modern and contemporary department brings together major works from the Delubac bequest, forming a remarkable impressionist and modern art collection.<\/p>\n The departments of Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiquities, alongside the Islamic arts collection, offer a journey through the great Mediterranean civilisations. The Egyptian mummy always draws a crowd.<\/p>\n On leaving the museum, Place des Terreaux is worth a visit in itself. The monumental Bartholdi fountain (by the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty) stands at its centre, surrounded by Lyon’s baroque H\u00f4tel de Ville. A remarkable architectural setting.<\/p>\n Metro Line A<\/strong>: Perrache \u2192 H\u00f4tel de Ville \/ Louis Pradel (4 stops, about 8 minutes). The exit opens directly onto Place des Terreaux, 50 metres from the museum entrance.<\/p>\n One of France’s largest encyclopedic museums, 2.3 km from the hotel. Collections from the Middle Ages to modern art, Place des Terreaux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8921,"template":"","poi_category":[187],"class_list":["post-12522","mixit7_poi","type-mixit7_poi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","poi_category-culture-musees"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villa-berlioz-hotel-lyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mixit7_poi\/12522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villa-berlioz-hotel-lyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mixit7_poi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villa-berlioz-hotel-lyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mixit7_poi"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villa-berlioz-hotel-lyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villa-berlioz-hotel-lyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"poi_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villa-berlioz-hotel-lyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poi_category?post=12522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Impressionist and Modern Art<\/h3>\n
Antiquities and Islamic Arts<\/h3>\n
Place des Terreaux<\/h3>\n
Getting Here from the Hotel<\/h2>\n
By Metro<\/h3>\n
Practical Information<\/h2>\n
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