{"id":77,"date":"2020-05-28T08:50:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T07:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.auch-tourisme.com\/en\/discover-the-musee-des-ameriques-%e2%80%93-auch"},"modified":"2020-10-08T16:35:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T14:35:48","slug":"discover-the-musee-des-ameriques-%e2%80%93-auch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.auch-tourisme.com\/en\/auch-c%c5%93ur-de-gascogne-the-heart-of-gascony\/discover-the-musee-des-ameriques-%e2%80%93-auch\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the Mus\u00e9e des Am\u00e9riques \u2013 Auch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In Auch<\/a>, a brilliant museum has the second-largest hoard of pre-Columbian art in all of France, and so much : the Mus\u00e9e des Am\u00e9riques-Auch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hidden in Auch<\/a> old town’s signature steep lanes, the Mus\u00e9e des Am\u00e9riques-Auch<\/a> is housed in the former Jacobin convent. Opened in 1793, recently entirely restored and reworked, this museum is a fascinating journey into millennia of history and artistic traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Roman Province<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the ground floor, an exhibition presents Augusta Auscurum<\/strong>, the antique city as well as art and artefacts including a 1st-century bust of Trajan, and medieval collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many elements of the medieval town are shown too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ivory horn of Saint-Orens <\/h3>\n

Ivory, late 11th century. With the Maltese cross <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

Amazing Pre-Columbian collections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With items from the Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Mayan and Aztec civilisations, the Mus\u00e9e des Am\u00e9riques-Auch<\/a> is home to the 2nd largest collection of Pre-Columbian art in France after the Quai Branly Museum in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The museum exhibits a comprehensive panorama of pre-Hispanic cultures from Peru, Ecuador, Central America and Mexico up until the Spanish Conquest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Focus on the Mass of St Gregory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The masterpiece of the collection, a mosaic made from feathers in Mexico City in 1539, and so the oldest piece of Christian art composed in the Americas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mass of<\/a> <\/a>St Gregory<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

about the featherwork<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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