Name of Object:

Editorial. Inauguration of the Musée Gallo-Romain at the Château de Saint-Germain

Other name of the Object (second name):

Taken from the journal l'Univers Illustré

Location:

Paris, France

Holding Institution:

National Library of France

 About National Library of France, Paris

Date of Object:

1867

Author:

Artist: Morland

Inventory Number:

FOL-LC2-2956

Description:

In March 1862, Emperor Napoléon III ordered the "creation of a museum for Celtic and Gallo-Roman antiquities at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye". The castle was restored by Eugène Millet, student of Viollet-le-Duc, who chose to restore it to its condition under François I. A team of confirmed archaeologists were tasked with the organisation of the Museum. Napoléon III wanted a museum dedicated to the archaeology of the national lands (contrary to the collections at the Louvre), and methodically classified: the first curator, Alexandre Bertrand, introduced a chronological classification, breaking the tradition of thematically classified collections. The emperor chose to inaugurate the museum with a symbolically extravagant ceremony, while in Paris the Exposition Universelle (world fair) was in full swing (May 1867).

Type of Object

Printed and illustrated text

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

FOL-LC2-2956

Citation of this web page:

"Editorial. Inauguration of the Musée Gallo-Romain at the Château de Saint-Germain" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;6;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: FR 006