Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Guy Baillet, Museum in Langres, France
The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Guy Baillet is a municipal museum located in the center of Langres, housed in a building that opened in 1997. Its collections span from prehistory to the 20th century and include archaeology, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts such as furniture, ceramics, and cutlery.
The collections began to take shape in the 19th century through the gifts of passionate private collectors who donated their objects to the city of Langres. The current building only opened in 1997 and incorporates a Romanesque chapel dedicated to Saint-Didier, which dates from the medieval period.
The museum takes its name from Guy Baillet, a local collector who gathered art and historical objects in the 19th century and left them to the city of Langres. It sits next to the Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot, making this small part of the town center a natural stop for anyone curious about local history and thought.
The museum is in the center of Langres, close to the Place du Centenaire, and easy to reach on foot from the main streets of the old town. A combined ticket covers both this museum and the neighboring Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot, which is worth considering if you plan to visit both.
Hidden inside the modern museum building is a medieval Romanesque chapel dedicated to Saint-Didier, which now houses statues of saints and bishops from the Middle Ages. This chapel was folded directly into the architecture when the new building was constructed in 1997, making it one of the more unexpected parts of the visit.
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