- Musée Sainte-Croix
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The Musée Sainte-Croix is the largest museum in Poitiers, France.
Planned by architect Jean Monge and built in 1974, it stands at the site of the former Abbaye Sainte-Croix, which was moved to Saint-Benoît, Vienne. It is a constructed of concrete and glass, in the 1970s style.
The museum hosts a permanent exhibition on periods from prehistory to the contemporary art, through the medieval period and the Fine arts. Major works include sculptures of Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin, the vase of Saint-Savin, and the stone sculpture of L'Âme de la France by Charles Marie Louis Joseph Sarrabezolles.
Categories:- Art museums and galleries in France
- Local museums in France
- Museums established in 1974
- French museum stubs
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