Musée des Jacobins (Auch)


The Musée des Jacobins is the town museum in Auch, the capital of the Gers department in France. It is located in the old city between the riverbank and Gers Cathedral. It houses France's second biggest collection of Pre-Columbian art after the quai Branly, with which it has collaborated for many years. The museum garden is a 1600 square metre parc à la française containing plants brought back from the Americas by the Conquistadors.

History

It was founded on 16 December 1793 and is one of France's oldest museums, housing over 20,000 objects, including 8,000 Pre-Columbian works. The building housing it, known as 'des Jacobins', was listed as a historic monument and was originally built as a Jacobin convent in the 15th century. The museum moved into it in 1979 after a major restoration project.

Collections

Its collections fall into six sections
Les collections du musée s'organisent autour de six sections :