Location: Rouen
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Things to do in Rouen, Normandy: The Best Museums
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1. l'Atrium
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
2. Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
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4.5 based on 976 reviews
Reviewed By Bubbles73uk - Weedon Bec, United Kingdom
The Musee des Beaux-Arts at Rouen is one of the best provincial museums in France, so if you are in Rouen on a rainy day like I was (or even if it isn't raining!), I highly recommend setting aside a couple of hours for a visit. The Cathedral Notre-Dame in Rouen was a recurring subject for Monet when he lived in nearby Giverny, and this excellent museum displays one of these canvases, along with works by Gericault, Boudin, Sisley, Renoir, Caillebot, Delecroix and many others. The paintings collection is especially strong, but there are also many fine sculptures and objets d'art. The whole museum has a very modern and professional air. And it's free! Unbelievable for a museum of this quality.
3. Musee Secq des Tournelles
4. Ceramics Museum (Musee de la Ceramique)
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4.5 based on 87 reviews
Reviewed By ChrisM51 - Adelaide, Australia
I never expected to find such fine maijolica in Rouen - but they had a thriving industry and the museum has some lovely examples. The building itself is very fine and worth visiting in its own right.
5. Aitre St-Maclou
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4.5 based on 446 reviews
Former house used for the bodies of plague victims and current site of Rouen's Fine Art Academy.
Reviewed By Jamcar16
Most unusual place in Rouen. An ossuary dating from the 14th century. Amazing carvings of sculls, bones and grave diggers tools on the ancient wooden and stone buildings. To get the best out of a visit here it is best to read up on the history of the buildings before a visit to really appreciate this place.
6. Musee Maritime Fluvial et Portuaire de Rouen
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4.5 based on 25 reviews
7. Musee des Antiquites
8. Musee national de l'Education
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4.5 based on 48 reviews
History of children's education since the 16th century, represented by an exceptional series of paintings, etchings, furniture and educational equipment. Reconstruction of a circa 1900's school room in a remarkable timber-frame house
9. Historial Jeanne d’Arc
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4.5 based on 762 reviews
Reviewed By robincC9555QY - Toronto, Canada
The 90+ minutes flew by as we listened to the story of Jeanne d’Arc in a well conceived and executed multimedia presentation that takes you through a beautifully restored bishop’s palace. The only problem are the extremely uncomfortable earphones that you need for the well done English translation.
10. Musee Flaubert et d'Histoire de la Medecine
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4.0 based on 94 reviews
Musée à double vocation médicale et littéraire atypique et original. Gustave Flaubert est né le 12 décembre 1821 dans cette belle maison du XVIIIe siècle, logement de fonction de son père chirurgien-chef de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Rouen. 11 salles sont à découvrir : apothicairerie, cabinet de curiosités, chambre natale de l'écrivain, collections sur la naissance et la petite enfance, cabinet dentaire 1900. De nombreux objets uniques et curieux sont exposés : lit de malade à 6 places, perchoir à sangsues, mannequin d'accouchement du XVIIIe siècle... La visite se termine par le jardin de plantes médicinales et le monument en marbre de Chapu élevé en l'honneur de l'écrivain.
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