L’incroyable destin des collections du musée Alfred-Danicourt de Péronne
The Alfred-Danicourt museum is located in the town hall of Péronne, a small sub-prefecture of the Somme department. Founded in 1877, and thus one of the oldest museums in Picardy, it was the creation of the wealthy collector Alfred Danicourt, who was also mayor of the town. The collection includes s...
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| Language: | fra |
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Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
2014-12-01
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| Series: | In Situ |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/11479 |
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| Summary: | The Alfred-Danicourt museum is located in the town hall of Péronne, a small sub-prefecture of the Somme department. Founded in 1877, and thus one of the oldest museums in Picardy, it was the creation of the wealthy collector Alfred Danicourt, who was also mayor of the town. The collection includes some exceptional archaeological ensembles, some antique cameos and some gallo-roman coins. When he died in 1887, Danicourt bequeathed his collection to the town along with an important sum of money for the upkeep of the museum. During the First World War the museum was destroyed by German troops and its collections plundered. But thanks to the courage of succeeding curators at the museum, a part of the collection was saved in 1914 and again in 1941. Through the dramas of twentieth-century history, the story of Danicourt’s collections is a remarkable one. |
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| ISSN: | 1630-7305 |