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Tours Museum of Fine Arts

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While the capital of Touraine is the gateway to the Loire castles, it also has a few treasures of its own. A short walk from the banks of the Loire and the Gothic cathedral, don't miss the Museum of Fine Arts based in the former Archbishop's Palace, which is now a listed Historic Monument.

Tours Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1801 thanks to an initial donation of 30 paintings from the future Louvre Museum, and has several masterpieces on display: the Ex-voto by Rubens, panels by Mantegna dating from the Italian Renaissance, and a large collection of French paintings from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, including works by Champaigne, Delacroix, Monet, Degas, Debré and Peinado, as well as furniture and art objects from various eras.

It also has one of the largest collections of Italian Primitives after the Louvre Museum and the Petit Palais museum in Avignon.

Be sure to take a stroll in its French-style garden, where a Lebanese cedar stands proudly as a listed "Remarkable Tree of France", and take a look at a curiosity: Fritz, a stuffed elephant that once belonged to the Barnum circus and was killed in Tours in 1902 after becoming uncontrollable…

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Among the most beautiful sites of the Val de Loire is the former palace of the Archbishops of Tours, classified Historic Monument, today Museum of Fine Arts.

• The main wing of the former palace of the Archbishopric, built in 1767, is a large classical building with pediment and attic with, to the east, a terrace overlooking the gardens and the park. This sober architecture preserves the traces of edifices which succeeded from Antiquity until the eighteenth century. Gallo-Roman rampart and tower (4th century), vestiges of the church Saint Gervais - saint Protais (4th-12th centuries), room of the General States (XII e -XVIII e centuries), former palace of the XVIIth century. On the eve of the Revolution, the courtyard was closed by a hemicycle preceded by a monumental gate forming a triumphal arch, while the former Salle des Etats was transformed into a chapel with an antique colonnade.
• After 1789, the palace of the archbishops became theater, central school, library and depots of confiscated works of art. During the Empire and throughout the 19th century, the buildings were once again assigned to the archbishop's palace. It was not until 1910, when the town became the owner of the site, that the collections were reinstated in the old archiepiscopal palace.
• Collections:
• The oldest collection of the museum consists of works seized in 1794, in churches and convents, in particular the great abbeys of Marmoutier, Bourgueil and La Riche , as well as paintings and furniture from the castles of Chanteloup and Of Richelieu . Among the most famous are Blanchard, Boucher, Boulogne, Houel, La Fosse, Lamy, Le Sueur, Parrocel, Restout.
• Established officially in 1801, the museum benefits from the sending by the Central Museum, future Louvre, of thirty paintings including a series of reception pieces from the Royal Academy of Painting. It is at this time that the museum receives the Ex-Voto from Rubens and the masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance which are the two panels of Andrea Mantegna.
• During the 19th century, the city of Tours acquired two important lots of paintings where the French and Italian eighteenth century is well represented. State deposits, bequests and gifts enrich the museum throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with furniture, paintings, art objects from various periods, increasing collections with Rembrandt, Champaigne, Corneille, Coypel, Lagrenée, Nattier, Perronneau.
• Throughout the 20th century, important legacies and donations completed the collection of the Museum of Tours, its strong identity. In 1963 the museum received the legacy of the painter and collector Octave Linet, thus constituting an exceptional collection of Italian Primitives after the Louvre Museum and the Museum of the Petit Palais in Avignon.

The nineteenth century is also well represented, from neoclassical school (Suvée, Taillasson), romanticism (Vinchon), orientalism (Belly, Chassériau, Delacroix), realism (Bastien-Lepage, Cazin, Gervex). Impressionism, post-impressionism and symbolism are present thanks to the works of Monet, Degas, Henri Martin, Le Sidaner.

• The collection of works from the 20th century includes Asse, Besse, Calder, Davidson, Debré, Denis, Vieira da Silva and Zao Wou-Ki.
• In 2003, the Musée des Beaux-Arts received the Musée de France label, awarded by the Ministry of Culture.
• With its historical, architectural and exceptional collection, the Museum of Fine Arts in Tours is one of the most important in France. Opened on a French garden and under the shade of a cedar classified "Remarkable Tree of France" the museum knows how to combine the charm of a palace and the beauty of a collection.
• Discovery and dissemination of culture, the Museum of Fine Arts in Tours offers a wide choice of courses: permanent collections, temporary exhibitions, conferences, concerts, library, documentation and an educational service for schoolchildren.
• The Musée des Beaux-Arts offers guided tours of the permanent collections, Passport to art every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. As well as one Saturday per month of guided tours of a particular work An hour, a work.
• Library :
• With approximately 15,000 French and foreign volumes, it brings together catalogs of exhibitions, museums and sales, general works, academic works and a large collection of periodicals. This series of publications refer to the history of art, plastic arts, decorative arts, photographs, archeology and museology on the Touraine and covers a period from antiquity to the present.
• Consultation is possible on site and by appointment, by phone on +33 2 47 05 72 54.
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• Address: 18 place François Sicard - 37000 Tours.
• Tél. : +33 2 47 05 68 73 - Email: [email protected]
• The museum is open every day except Tuesdays from 9 am to 6 pm during the temporary exhibitions and from 9 am to 12.45 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm excluding exhibitions. It is closed on 1 January, 1 May, 14 July, 1 and 11 November and 25 December.
• Full price 4 € - Reduced 2 €, group of more than 10 people, students, people over 65 years. Free: job seekers, Art History and Fine Arts students, children under 13 years old.

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Musée des beaux Arts de Tours

In the heart of the city of Tours, the Musée des Beaux-Arts enjoys a setting replete with history.  A Turon dwelling during the Gallic epoch, as is attested by an underground lapidary inscription, in the 4 th century it was chosen as the site for the chapel abutting the archbishops’ palace that was bequeathed to posterity.  Today, the museum contains an exceptionally rich collection of furnishings, painting and sculpture bringing together work of some of the more notable artists since pre-Renaissance times.

As for the museum itself, it came into being in 1801 thanks to the boundless energy and steadfast determination of the founder of the town’s design school, Charles-Antoine Rougeot and his son-in-law, Jean-Jacques Raverot. During the French Revolution, they were instrumental in the transformation of the ancient archbishops’ palace into an artwork repository. That is why the museum’s oldest collections consist in works seized in the émigrés’ houses, convents and churches, particularly the major abbeys of Marmoutier, Bourgueil and La Riche, along with canvases and noteworthy furniture from the one-time castle of Chanteloup or from Richelieu. Visitors to Tours shall enjoy the opportunity to appreciate works outside of the monuments in which they were originally exhibited, some of which no longer exist.

As soon as it opened, at the dawn of the 19th century, the museum was fortunate enough to receive, from the future Louvre museum, thirty spectacular canvases, including series originating in the Académie royale de peinture . Works by Nattier, Restout, Houasse and Dumont le Romains were the first to be displayed in the museum.

It was during the same epoch that the Tours establishment received the magnificent Ex-voto of Rubens and Italian Renaissance masterpieces:  two panels by Andrea Mantegna, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and The Resurrection , panels from the predella of the Basilica of San Zeno Verons retable.

The Musée des beaux Arts de Tours contains invaluable works from major artists of their epochs including Blanchard, Restout, Boulogne, Houël, La Fosse, Lamy, Le Sueur and Parrocel. The 18 th century is particularly well-represented inasmuch as the musée contains one of the most important collections in France of Age of Enlightenment paintings; visitors will have the opportunity to view works by Lorenzo Veneziano, Rembrandt, Champaigne, Corneille, Coypel, Ingres, Largillière, Lemoyne, Perronneau, Hubert Robert, Van Loo and Vernet. The 19 th century is likewise highlighted with paintings considered as neo-classical (Suvée, Taillasson), romantic (Vinchon), orientalist (Belly, Chassériau, Delacroix), realistic (Bastien-Lepage, Cazin, Gervex) and impressionist (Monet, Degas).

A  visit to the Musée des beaux Arts de Tours is a trip spanning several centuries in the company of some of the greatest artists in history. For example, the Italian primitives are on prominently on display, with the richest Italian pre-Renaissance collection aside from that of the Musée du Louvre. Last but not least, 20 th -century works include: Geneviève Asse, Briggs, Calder, Davidson, Debré, Maurice Denis, Gaumont, Peinado, Seguin and Zao Wou-ki.

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15 Best Things to Do in Tours (France)

It’s no mystery that Tours is a favourite base for people discovering the Loire Valley’s exalted châteaux.

Villandry, Chenonceau and Amboise are moments by car, and with the help of the Loire à Vélo network you can visit them on two wheels with ease.

But you may find that if you delve a little more into Tours’ history and attractions, it could be difficult to leave the city at all.

In the centre are timber houses and renaissance mansions on car-free streets, and museums that draw you into the city’s medieval past.

There are vineyards welcoming inquisitive oenophiles in the countryside and both the waters and banks of the Loire invite you to go wherever your sense of curiosity leads.

Lets explore the best things to do in Tours :

1. Tours Cathedral

Even by the glacial speed of construction in the middle ages, Tours Cathedral took a long time to be completed.

Building began in 1170 and wouldn’t be finished until 1547, but this means we’re met with a perfect summary of the evolution of gothic art.

The ensemble of original 13th-century stained glass windows in the ambulatory chapels and above the choir is one of the finest in France, and seems to generate its own light.

The cathedral has information panels giving you the meaning behind each image.

The marble renaissance tombs of King Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany’s children are also moving, as both died in infancy.

2. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours

The riches from Cardinal Richelieu’s 17th-century campaign against the Huguenots and the art seized from abbeys during the Revolution all ended up at Tours’ stellar museum of fine art.

Because of their religious source there’s a good body of Italian gothic primitives from the 14th and 15th centuries, while the two renaissance paintings by Andrea Mentegna are regarded as masterpieces.

You’ve got over a thousand artworks to get through, with sculpture by Rodin, Flemish and Dutch painting by Rembrandt and Rubens, and Impressionism by Monet and Degas.

3. Tours Botanical Garden

The city’s municipal garden has a bit of a troublesome setting, between the Loire and Cher, which made it susceptible to flooding in the past, with two devastating inundations in the mid-19th century that filled the greenhouses with two metres of water.

Even after being hit by bombs in the Second World War there isn’t the slightest hint of a troubled past at these serene gardens.

On your walk you may notice some trees you haven’t seen before, like the Chinese empress tree, ginkgo biloba and the endangered dawn redwood.

The animal park is from 1863 and has farm animals for kids to bond with, as well as more exotic species like wallabies.

4. Le Vieux Tours

Like all the best historic city centres the historic buildings on the pedestrian streets around Place Plumereau aren’t sterile museum pieces but vibrant cornerstones of local life, used as shops, restaurants and bars.

Place de Plumereau is at the nerve centre of one of the largest conservation areas in Europe, with renaissance mansions boasting sculpted reliefs or cantilevered timber houses, going strong for hundreds of years.

If you’re OK with everybody knowing you’re a tourist, jump aboard the little train that departs every hour from Place Plumereau in summer.

5. Musée du Compagnonnage

In the 16th-century Dormitory at the former Abbey of Saint-Julien is a museum devoted to a French workers’ movement that dates back to medieval times.

Roughly, the Compagnons du Tour de France is like a guild of journeymen that preserves historic trades and educates young people about them as part of an apprenticeship.

To complete the apprenticeship and become a “companion” a craftsman had to create a masterpiece for whatever discipline he worked in.

And these dumbfounding creations are presented at the museum, in all kinds of different disciplines, like metalwork, tailoring, shoemaking and woodcarving.

6. Hôtel Goüin

What may be the most beautiful of Tours’ many old building has just come through a long restoration and is open to the public once more.

Hôtel Goüin is an early-renaissance palace on Rue du Commerce, with a balustraded porch and the sort of loggia in which you might expect to see Juliet calling for Romeo.

During the restoration they unearthed fragments of an older building from the 1100s, with four arches and a well, which are on show.

You might just want to stop for a photo of that magnificent facade, but there’s an archaeological museum inside with artefacts from Roman times up to the 1800s.

7. Halles de Tours

Billed as the “Belly of Tours” (ventre de Tours), the city’s indoor market may not be France’s largest, but it’s a gastronome’s idea of heaven.

You may even want to bring your camera or have your phone at the ready, because the cheese, charcuterie, seafood and in-season fruit and vegetable counters are presented with real flair.

If you’re stuck for gift ideas then markets like this tick the box as they’re stocked with all the best from the region.

At Tours that entails wine from the Loire Valley and luxury chocolate.

The city is one of France’s chocolate capitals, and every years holds the Salon du Chocolat de Tours at the Centre de Congrès Vinci.

Come for lunch too: The oyster bar shucks your oyster as you go.

8. Jardin des Prébendes d’Oé

During the French Second Empire from the mid-1800s English-style parks like this one popped up in provincial cities across France.

This was a spot for urban families to take promenades, kids to play and for the city to put on outdoor concerts at the park’s gazebo.

There’s less of the formality of French parterres, as paths weave through tulip flowerbeds and  copses of lime, plane, cedar, chestnut and lofty redwood trees.

So if you could do with a moment of repose take a wander by the pond and pause for a tea or coffee at the kiosk.

On warmer days you could load up on cheese and charcuterie at the market and have the perfect French picnic.

9. Église Saint-Julien de Tours

The predecessors of this  12th-century abbey were wrecked by the Normans in the 9th century and then in a war between the feudal houses of Blois and Anjou in the 10th century.

But miraculously the building that followed has survived everything from the French Revolution to the Second World War.

It was part of a long-gone abbey, and the garden next to the church is where the cloister used to be, while the Musée de Compagnonnage occupies the old dormitory.

10. “Toue” River Cruises

Commercial craft floated along the Loire and Cher since antiquity, hauling people, wine, silk, lumber, salt and all sorts of other cargo up and down these rivers.

Because the waterways can get very shallow they used flat-bottomed sailboats called “toues”, and you can too! Toues can carry between 12 and 30 passengers for hour-long trips, or even romantic dinner cruises in the evening.

Their skippers know these waters and banks like the backs of their hands: And with the deck as your balcony, they’ll shed light on the Tours’ river trade, its many colourful characters and perils.

11. Loire à Vélo

If you had to picture some quintessentially French holiday activities, a bike ride next to the Loire with a backdrop of gentle vine-striped hills and châteaux must be one of the first that comes to mind.

About 150km of the of the Loire à Vélo cycle trail’s totalling 800km are in the Touraine region.

The route is clearly-marked, easy -going because it never leaves the riverside and convenient as there are dozens of hire stations along the way.

You could give yourself set destinations like Amboise or Villandry, which are both reachable in about an hour.

Or make more of an adventure of it by going further afield and spending the night at the inns on the route that are happy to accommodate cyclists.

12. Guinguette sur Loire

On the left bank of the Loire, just by Pont Wilson, is where Tours’ “Guinguette” takes place from May to September.

It isn’t officially summer in Tours until this outdoor café by the river is bustling every evening with locals and tourists at the bar terrace, taking part in dance lessons, enjoying concerts or watching movies at the outdoor cinema.

Tours is a student city so the atmosphere is always warm and energetic.

The location is wonderful, under willow trees and string lights, with the river rolling past.

And every year there Guinguette has something new on the schedule.

13. Wine and Gastronmic Visits

If you’re a wine-lover you’ve come to the right place.

There’s an absurd amount of AOCs nearby: A dozen within an hour, and five bordering the city.

The diversity will make your head spin more than the wine itself, with the reds of Touraine-Chenonceau, the whites of Touraine Sauvignon and rosés made in Touraine noble joué.

When it comes to precious foodstuffs there’s a saffron market in Preuilly-sur-Claise and a seasonal truffle market at Marigny-Marmande.

The local cheese, Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine is known to all for its cylindrical shape and the straw that pierces it through the centre.

To know more, pay a visit to the dairy at Les Passerelles or the child-friendly goat farm, Cabri au Lait, which makes Sainte-Maure but also has a petting zoo for the little guys and girls.

14. Château de Villandry

It would be criminal to visit Tours and not call in at one of the abundant château in the region.

Tours is touted as a gateway for these sensational pieces of French royal or noble heritage.

You can reach Villandry in 20 minutes, and it’s one of the finest.

The gardens are the showstopper at this château.

They were restored at the turn of the century by the Spanish doctor Joachim Carvallo.

He conceived several terraces of renaissance gardens, all with precisely trimmed boxwood hedges in joyous geometric configurations.

There’s a water garden, labyrinth, sun garden, ornamental garden with high hedges, but the most astounding is the formal medieval kitchen garden, all in neat plots.

15. Château d’Amboise

The home of Francis I and most of the French royalty in the 16th century is a 20-minute car or train ride to the east.

The château had its heyday in the renaissance period after Charles VIII turned it from a fortress into the Loire valley’s first Italian-style palace in the late-1400s.

In 1516 Francis I invited Leonardo da Vinci to live and work in Amboise, and the polymath’s home at Clos Lucé was actually connected to the Château d’Amboise by underground passageways that you can discover today by prior arrangement.

Da Vinci died here in 1519 and is buried at the Chapel of Saint-Hubert at the Château.

The gardens are embellished with spherical topiaries and the views from this spur above the Loire are divine.

15 Best Things to Do in Tours (France):

• Tours Cathedral
• Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours
• Tours Botanical Garden
• Le Vieux Tours
• Musée du Compagnonnage
• Hôtel Goüin
• Halles de Tours
• Jardin des Prébendes d'Oé
• Église Saint-Julien de Tours
• "Toue" River Cruises
• Loire à Vélo
• Guinguette sur Loire
• Wine and Gastronmic Visits
• Château de Villandry
• Château d'Amboise

Must-see attractions in Tours

Musée du Compagnonnage

This extraordinary museum – an absolute gem! – spotlights France's renowned compagnonnages, guild organisations of skilled craftspeople who have created…

Musée des Beaux-Arts

This superb fine-arts museum, in a gorgeous 18th-century archbishop’s palace, features paintings, sculpture, furniture and objets d'art from the 14th to…

Cathédrale St-Gatien

With its flying buttresses, gargoyles and twin Renaissance-style towers (70m) – and, inside, Gothic vaulting, dazzling stained glass and huge baroque…

Jardin Botanique

Founded in 1843, Tours' delightful 5-hectare botanical gardens have a tropical greenhouse, a medicinal herb garden, a small zoo and children's playgrounds…

Hôtel Gouïn

Hidden behind an Italianate façade, this gorgeous early-Renaissance residence – visible through a stone gate – was built for a wealthy merchant around…

Basilique St-Martin

In the Middle Ages, Tours was an important pilgrimage city thanks to the relics of soldier-turned-evangelist St Martin (c 317–97). In the 5th century a…

Cloître de la Psalette

This cloister, built from 1442 to 1524 – that's why it's partly Flamboyant Gothic and party Renaissance – is located on the north side of the Cathédrale…

Hôtel de Ville

Built from 1896 to 1904, Tours' monumental city hall was designed to project both republican values and municipal prestige.

Tour de l’Horloge

One of the last vestiges of Tours' 13th-century, Romanesque Basilique St-Martin.

Tour Charlemagne

A vestige of Tours' 13th-century, Romanesque Basilique St-Martin.

Palais de Justice

Built in the 1840s, Tours' neoclassical courthouse has an imposing colonnade facing place Jean Jaurès.

Église St-Julien

Most of this Gothic church, once part of a Benedictine abbey, dates from the mid-1200s.

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Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Tours - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)

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Les Amis de la Bibliothèque

Et du musée des beaux-arts de tours.

Nouveaux rendez-vous : conférences   "Les vendredis des ABM"

Exposition au Musée  (jusqu'au 17 juin 2024) :              Le sceptre et la quenouille; être femme entre Moyen Age et Renaissance Les rendez-vous d'avril 2024 :     Vendredi 5  :  Sortie ABM en Gâtine tourangelle   (réservée aux adhérents)     Vendredi 5  20 h  : Bal Renaissance  (Musée)     Jeudi 11 et vendredi 12   : Journées d'étude et table ronde (Musée)     Vendredi 12 15 h  : Conférence "Les vendredis des ABM" (Musée)     Samedi 13 16 h : Conférence "Une heure / Une oeuvre" (Musée)         Same di 20  11  h : Le Botanique, un jardin plein d'histoires  (Bibliothèque )      Vendredi  26 19 h : Genèse d'un poème (Bibliothèque)                                                                                                                                        

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Musée des Beaux-Arts 

L'ancien palais des Archevêques de Tours, aujourd'hui Musée des Beaux-Arts , figure parmi les sites majeurs du Val de Loire. D'une richesse remarquable, il conserve une des plus importantes collections de primitifs italiens après le musée du Louvre et le petit palais d'Avignon.

Le musée présente des chefs-d'œuvre : deux panneaux de Mantegna ainsi que des peintures de Rembrandt, Rubens, Champaigne...

Bibliothèque

Fondée en1791, la Bibliothèque de Tours , riche de 185 000 volumes, fut en grande partie détruite en juin 1940 ; seuls furent sauvés 826 manuscrits, 56 incunables et la totalité des archives municipales.

Le nouveau bâtiment, œuvre de l'architecte Pierre Patout, fut inauguré en 1957 et a fait l'objet d'une profonde restructuration en 2013.

Journal avril-septembre 2024

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Les ABM en quelques chiffres

Présidente

Adhérents en 1966

Membres composent le conseil d'administration des ABM

Ans que les ABM offrent conférences, visites et sorties à leurs adhérents

Tableaux ou œuvres d'art sont entrés dans les collections du musée depuis 1969 grâce à la générosité des ABM

Ouvrages ont enrichi le fonds patrimonial de la bibliothèque

Conférences ont été proposées par les ABM au musée et à la bibliothèque

Voyages à l'étranger ont été proposés depuis la création

Excursions culturelles ont été organisées en Touraine ou en France

Adhérents aux ABM en 2021

euros issus de la générosité des membres et des actions de l'association ont permis l'acquisition d'œuvres au bénéfice du musée des Beaux-Arts et du fonds patrimonial de la bibliothèque municipale de Tours de 1966 à 2018

Une histoire d'Amis

Le patrimoine de la ville de Tours a versé un lourd tribut aux combats de la seconde guerre mondiale puisque Tours a vu disparaître dans les bombardements et les incendies des 18, 19 et 20 juin 1940, les 170 000 volumes de son fonds d'imprimés et des dizaines de manuscrits. Un patrimoine historique de cette dimension ne se reconstruit pas.  Aussi, il y a 53 ans, mesurant le rôle irremplaçable des bibliothèques et des musées en matière de conservation et de diffusion des connaissances humaines, deux humanistes ayant constitué de remarquables collections et bibliothèques personnelles pour leurs propres recherches, faisaient naître l'association des Amis de la Bibliothèque et du Musée. 

Monseigneur Raymond Marcel, spécialiste de la renaissance italienne, souhaitait que sa collection d'œuvres et son admirable bibliothèque servent, après lui, à d'autres chercheurs et recherchait un légataire assuré de pérennité.  André Dezarrois, conservateur des musées nationaux, savait d'expérience l'importance et le poids du mécénat dans la composition des collections publiques. Mécène lui-même, il pressentait que le mécénat individuel avait fait son temps et que l'avenir appartenait au mécénat associatif. 

Attachés à leur Touraine natale, ces deux hommes décidèrent que la ville de Tours bénéficierait du mécénat rendu possible par une association des Amis de la Bibliothèque et du Musée. Monseigneur Marcel signa l'acte notarié de donation de sa bibliothèque dans le bureau de M. Jean Royer; il s'en réserva l'usage et put l'enrichir encore jusqu'à son décès. 

Ainsi, comme l'écrivait Pierre Aquilon lors du vingtième anniversaire de la création : "C'est donc au mystérieux entrelacs  d'événements contraires que livres et œuvres d'art doivent être conservés et accessibles : d'un côté l'anéantissement de 1940 et de l'autre, le vœu formé par l'homme."

Il s'agissait pour l'association de répondre à une double tâche : contribuer à enrichir grâce à ses ressources propres les collection tourangelles, mais également prendre une part active à la vie culturelle de la cité en organisant régulièrement des conférences liées aux expositions du musée et de la bibliothèque ainsi que des sorties culturelles. Les principes de solidarité entre les deux institutions, d'équité dans l'enrichissement de leurs collections respectives, d'égale participation active à la vie de l'association, ont été maintenus durant toutes ces années.

Pas toujours évident de trouver l'Histoire de l'Art au pied de sa porte !

Et si les grands maîtres s'invitaient dans votre classe ?

Ensemble, soyons Libre comme l'Art .

D'Arcimboldo à Picasso, les œuvres viennent à vous. L'objectif ?

Découvrir les génies de la peinture au sein même de votre établissement.

À l'aide de reproductions , nous vous proposons de vous familiariser avec la vie et l'œuvre d'un artiste de votre choix figurant dans notre collection.

L'échange se poursuit par un atelier de création qui tissera le lien entre le discours et la pratique.

Comment mieux comprendre l'Art qu'en l'expérimentant ?

Riche de notre expérience en écoles parisiennes et tourangelles, notre équipe vous accompagnera pour un voyage artistique en toute liberté.

Tels des voyageurs nous transportons une mallette contena nt les plus belles reproductions de vos peintres préférés.

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Aerosmith announces new farewell concert tour dates after Steven Tyler's injury forced postponement

By Neal Riley

Updated on: April 10, 2024 / 12:59 PM EDT / CBS Boston

BOSTON - Aerosmith's farewell tour is back on. The iconic rock band from Boston announced it will continue its "Peace Out" tour this year, months after a vocal cord injury to lead singer Steven Tyler forced several concerts to be postponed. 

New and rescheduled Aerosmith tour dates

The announcement includes some new concert dates in addition to a long list of rescheduled shows stretching into 2025.

The band will return to the stage to play their greatest hits on Sept. 20 in Pittsburgh for a newly added show at PPG Paints Arena with special guest Teddy Swims, and then play Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center on Sept. 23. 

Aerosmith says a highlight of the tour will be a "special hometown show" on New Year's Eve at Boston's TD Garden. The band was supposed to ring in 2024 at the Garden before Tyler's injury.

Some of the rescheduled stops on tour include Dallas (Nov. 9), Denver (Nov. 18), San Francisco (Nov. 30), Los Angeles (Dec. 7), Detroit (Jan. 4), Chicago (Jan. 19) and New York (Feb. 23). Click here for a full list of dates for the tour, which will also feature special guests The Black Crowes.  

Steven Tyler's vocal injury

The announcement from Aerosmith did not include an update on Tyler's health. The "Dream On" singer, who just turned 76 years old, had previously said he suffered vocal cord damage during a performance last September "that led to subsequent bleeding," and a doctor ordered him not to sing for 30 days.

After canceling a handful of shows, the band later postponed its farewell tour to 2024 because Tyler's injury was "more serious than initially thought" and included a fractured larynx.

Tyler posted to social media in late November that his throat was "on the mend." He shared a similar message earlier this year while hosting a Grammys viewing party in February. People magazine reported that he told attendees "My throat's been better, but it is on the mend."

Aerosmith began in Boston in 1970. The five original members - Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer and Tom Hamilton - lived together in an apartment in Allston . The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston University.

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I visited the 'Game of Thrones' studio 5 years after the series finale. The $37 tour reminded me why I love the show.

• I recently visited the Game of Thrones Studio Tour in Northern Ireland for $37.
• It offers an exclusive look at the HBO series , which spent millions of dollars on each episode.
• Even five years after the series finale, the studio is still a worthwhile experience for fans. 

It's been five years since the series finale of HBO's "Game of Thrones," but I'm as big a fan as ever.

When a work trip took me to Northern Ireland , I knew I had to detour to the Game of Thrones Studio Tour. By season eight, the HBO drama was spending $15 million per episode , and like any true fan, I wanted a behind-the-scenes look at where some of that money went — and what made the show so visually incredible.

The tour, located in one of the show's original filming locations , Linen Mill Studios, opened in 2022, and standard tickets cost £29.50, or about $37.

I wanted to see just how relevant the studio is today — especially in the lead-up to the new season of the "House of the Dragon" prequel series in June — and if the widespread passion of the fandom is still alive.

It felt like the studio was hidden in plain sight.

There's no onsite parking at the studio, so getting there felt like being escorted to some secret location. Luckily, the instructions were clear: Meet at The Boulevard, a large shopping district in Banbridge, Northern Ireland.

From there, a complimentary shuttle took me down a long, formal-looking driveway. It's easy to see how the studio remained low-key during its filming heyday — it's almost as if it's hidden in plain sight.

My excitement overflowed as I stepped off the bus to blasting theme music and a massive Game of Thrones Studio Tour sign. About 10 other visitors immediately began posing for photographs.

After the 10-minute shuttle ride, it took me a good five minutes to reach security and start the experience, but the atmosphere was already infectious. Even the staff seemed genuinely excited to greet me.

The impressive theming immediately drew me in.

After passing a dragon skull and armored "guard," the tour started with a green-screen photo while we waited for some dramatic doors to swing open.

A tour guide quickly explained the studio rules — mostly, no touching the exhibits (which were used during filming) and absolutely no photos of the pre-tour movie.

I won't spoil too much, but the short film gave me goosebumps. At the end, the screen parted, and we entered the studio from "beyond the wall."

The studio clearly takes immersion seriously.

On the other side of the screen, we were blasted by fog machines before standing toe-to-toe with the Wildlings. Everything was incredibly immersive.

This was one of my favorite rooms. It had elaborate costumes from the show , including coats laden with bones and oysters. I learned that some weighed up to 15 pounds.

I also caught a glimpse of Wun Wun — or, at least, the costume that 7-foot-1 Ian Whyte wore during filming. It supposedly took the actor three to five hours a day to transform into the giant.

It was fun to walk through the different memorable sets.

The studio is made up of a trail of set rooms, including Mess Hall in Castle Black, the Crypts of Winterfell, King's Landing, and the Great Hall of Winterfell.

Costumed mannequins stood in each room to mimic the real scenes from the show.

I learned a lot about the making of the show throughout the tour.

In addition to walking through the sets, I got an insight into the show's creation process.

The 30-foot dragon skull of Balerion the Black Dread took six weeks to make before being shipped to Spain for filming. While standing next to the masterpiece, I could hardly believe that something of its scale could be transported across Europe .

Equally staggering, we learned that the crew went through 52,000 bags of fake snow and 163 tons of propane (for pyrotechnic effects) throughout the series.

Hearing about these intense behind-the-scenes efforts brought the series' magic back to life and made the visit worthwhile for me.

Behind-the-scenes exhibits and interactive experiences made the experience even better.

Other rooms were dedicated to the show's costume design , music creation, and set design. There was even a sword display room that housed famous props like Arya's Needle.

I'd nearly forgotten about the significance of the show's many props before embarking on the tour. But I almost squealed at Jaime Lannister's golden hand.

There were activities throughout the tour, too, including adding your face to the Hall of Faces and creating your own sigil.

I was entranced up until the very end of the experience.

The tour finished at the Iron Throne, a dragon flitting behind the rubble on a digital back wall.

It was a fitting endpoint seeing as it was the location where Jon killed Daenerys, controversially culling her brewing tyranny and ending the series.

I don't think the "Game of Thrones" buzz is going to die down anytime soon.

The studio wasn't packed, but Northern Ireland tends to be a little quieter in February and busier during the Easter holiday and summer. Honestly, I was grateful I missed the heavier crowds.

Overall, the "Game of Thrones" fandom seems to be building momentum rather than slowing down — especially with the second season of "House of the Dragon" looming.

I saw plenty of visitors bringing their children, too, so love for the series seems to be getting passed down to the next generation.

Initially, £29.50 seemed steep to me. But comparably, it's cheap for a studio tour — the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London charges a base price of £53.50.

Plus, I thought it offered great value. It packed so much in and the staff's passion is evident, which makes all the difference for visitors.

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