The Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie
What strikes you first on entering the museum is its singular architecture, an amalgam of a 19th-century grain market and a raw concrete structure in the style of a "museum of unlimited growth", a concept invented by Le Corbusier.
As part of the French and international cultural landscape, France's oldest public collection, founded in 1694, boasts a wealth of collections. In addition to the international renown of its graphic art collection (over 8,000 drawings), it boasts an important local, Mediterranean and Egyptian archaeological heritage, numerous sculptures, ceramics, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' pieces, and an exceptional collection of paintings representative of the main currents in the history of Western art from the late 15th to the 20th century.
Leash yourself with the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, one of the most unusual museums in France.
Photo ©Louis Jacquot
