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Origin and history

The Montbard Museum of Fine Arts, also known as the Buffon Museum, was founded in 1938. It was resettled in 1980 in the chapel of the Buffon Institution, a late 19th-century neo-Gothic building formerly occupied by the Ursulines. This building, marked by its religious architecture, now houses various collections, although they have not been exposed to the public since 2001.

The museum's collections covered several fields, including archaeology, fine arts, decorative arts, modern and contemporary art, and photography. Its assets include ancient cycles and original plasters by Eugene Guillaume, a 19th-century sculptor. However, the majority of regionalist works are now kept in reserve for reasons of preservation, limiting public access.

Although the museum no longer offers permanent exhibitions, it retains the label Musée de France. Its location, at 6 Rue Piron in Montbard (Côte-d-Or), makes it a historic place linked to the cultural and religious history of Burgundy-Franche-Comté. The accuracy of its geographic location is estimated as fair, perhaps reflecting limitations in the available documentation.

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