Editing Angers (section)

=== Museums ===

[[File:Tapisserie de l'apocalypse.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Apocalypse Tapestry]]'']]
The [[Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers]], located in the [[Renaissance]] ''Logis Barrault'', displays a collection of paintings and sculptures dating from the 14th century to today. It is particularly renowned for its 18th-century paintings, including works by [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], [[Van Loo]], [[Antoine Watteau]], [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], and [[Jean Siméon Chardin]]. The museum also contains a graphic design studio, a gallery devoted to the history of Angers and a temporary exhibition gallery. The institution has an annexe at the château in [[Villevêque]], a village located several kilometers north of the city.

Inside the [[château d'Angers|castle]], a special gallery displays the ''[[Apocalypse Tapestry]]'', ordered by [[Louis I of Naples]] at the end of the 14th century. It is more than {{convert|140|m|sp=us}} long, the largest medieval tapestry in the world. Inspired by [[miniature (illuminated manuscript)|manuscript miniatures]], the successive scenes, designed by [[Jean Bondol]], illustrate the [[Book of Revelation|Apocalypse of St John]].

Located inside the old ''Hôpital Saint-Jean'', the ''Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine'' displays tapestries dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum is dedicated to [[Jean Lurçat]], an artist noted for his role in the revival of contemporary tapestry, and notably exhibits his "''Chant du Monde''", a modern echo to the ''Apocalypse Tapestry'' made after the bombing of [[Hiroshima]].

The [[Muséum d'histoire naturelle d'Angers]] has been located in the 1521 Hôtel Demarie-Valentin since 1885. It exhibits a large collection of mounted animals and fossils, divided in three departments, one for [[zoology]], one for [[botany]] and the last one for [[paleontology]] and [[geology]].

The ''Logis Pincé'', constructed during the [[Renaissance]], is the home of the museum of the same name. It displays Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities as well as Chinese and Japanese artifacts.

Located in the ''Abbaye Toussaint'', the ''Galerie David d'Angers'' gathers sculptures, reliefs, and medallions by [[David d'Angers]], a 19th-century sculptor born in the city. The gallery also owns the preparatory works for the [[Panthéon, Paris|Panthéon of Paris]] pediment.

Angers also enjoys a ''Maison de l'Architecture'', which organizes various exhibitions and workshops, as well as several temporary exhibition galleries distributed in the city center. Outside the commune limits are also an aviation museum and a museum of communications.

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File:P1020234 Angers Musée des beaux-arts rwk.JPG|The Musée des Beaux-Arts
File:Genies.jpg|''Les Génies des Arts'' by [[François Boucher]], at the Musée des Beaux-Arts
File:Hanno.mahout clean.jpg|Italian drawing, 17th century, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts
File:Hopital-St-Jean-Angers (3).JPG|Musée Jean-Lurçat
File:Galerie David d'Angers (1).jpg|Galerie David d'Angers
File:David d'Angers - Profil de Charles-Artus de Bonchamps.jpg|Galerie David d'Angers
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