Musée du Vieux Montpellier

Montpellier


This municipal museum has a fairly pedestrian collection of local-interest pieces ranging from furniture to paintings and antique weaponry, but it’s worth a visit as it’s one of the few hôtels particuliers (private mansions) open to the public. Highlights include a 15th-century tabernacle that contains a 13th-century Black Virgin, a gilded table-clock and a wonderful ivory cabinet.


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