MUba Eugène-Leroy, Art museum in Tourcoing, France.
MUba Eugène-Leroy is Tourcoing's fine arts museum, housed since 1931 in the hôtel Roussel-Defontaine, a mansion built in 1866 by architect Charles Maillard for the mayor. The cream facade has a grey mansard roof with round dormer windows, a dentil cornice and a carved stone medallion; a lower wing carries the blue "MUba Eugène Leroy" sign. Inside, a long gallery with blue and white walls, parquet floor and skylights shows the collections.
The museum was created in 1860 as the Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing. In 1931 it moved into the hôtel Roussel-Defontaine, a townhouse built in 1866 for the mayor by architect Charles Maillard, who also designed the town hall. The building was enlarged by roofing the courtyard and adding galleries; it was restructured in 1994, labelled musée de France in 2002 and renamed MUba Eugène-Leroy in 2009 after the donation of nearly 600 works by Eugène Leroy.
The museum is named after a local artist and regularly features works connected to the region. Visitors can see how the collection reflects the artistic heritage of northern France through its displayed pieces.
The museum sits in central Tourcoing and is easy to reach on foot. Access is fully accessible for visitors with mobility needs.
In 2009 Eugène Leroy's heirs gave the museum 54 paintings, 140 drawings, 18 sketchbooks, 99 prints and 13 sculptures, nearly 600 works valued at 2.5 million euros. Leroy, born in Tourcoing in 1910 and dead in 2000, became the central figure of the museum's collection, which was renamed MUba Eugène-Leroy that same year.
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