Musée du Luxembourg

The Musée du Luxembourg is an art museum in Paris. It is the oldest public museum in France. His address is 19 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris.

History

The first museum was initially housed in the east wing of the building built for Marie de Medici 1615-1630 Palais du Luxembourg. Only in the course of the 19th century it moved to the former orangery of the palace. 1750 the public museum has been set up to allow the Parisians a look at the important collection of paintings of the French king: paintings by Rubens, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Veronese, Titian, Poussin, Van Dyck and Rembrandt were issued. The idea goes back to the administrator of the royal buildings, Charles François Paul Le Normant de Tournehem back. 1780 joined the Comte de Provence, later Louis XVIII. , The gallery. The paintings were transferred to the collections of the Louvre. 1803, the museum was opened to the painter Joseph -Marie Vien, 1818, it became the Museum of Contemporary Art. On display were works by Ingres, Delacroix, Girodet and Jacques -Louis David.

When the Palais and Jardin du Luxembourg in 1879 passed into the possession of the Senate, had this built the present building 1884-1886. Here, the Impressionists were presented for the first time in a national museum, a comprehensive collection of Impressionism originated. In 1937 the collections of the Musée du Luxembourg in the Musée National d'Art Moderne were installed in the newly built Palais de Tokyo, the Impressionist collection got the Musée d' Orsay.

In 1979, the museum was reopened and the French Ministry of Education showed there exhibitions of art from French museums. The Senate had a say in the exhibition planning and the use of the building. But in 2000, the responsibility fell to the Senate in order to vote the cultural policy in the Palais, Musée Jardin and better coordinate can.

Current Situation

2010, the Senate transferred the management of the museum to the Réunion des Musées Nationaux. The museum was extensively renovated by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. Outside of the museum building, a restaurant was built and created an opportunity for educational activities. The Musée du Luxembourg presents changing exhibitions of visual arts.