Museum Foundation 1930 (≈ 1930)
Created by local enthusiasts.
1933
Inauguration and prices
Inauguration and prices 1933 (≈ 1933)
Opening and award of the Reims Academy.
1938
First move
First move 1938 (≈ 1938)
Partial transfers of collections.
années 1980
Closure of the Tribunal
Closure of the Tribunal années 1980 (≈ 1980)
Collections put in reserve.
20 octobre 2018
New exhibition space
New exhibition space 20 octobre 2018 (≈ 2018)
Opening at the media library l-Agora.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Key figures
Fondateurs anonymes - Local collectors
Initiators of the museum in 1930.
Académie Nationale de Reims - Honorary institution
Awarded a prize in 1933.
Hugues Krafft - Mécène (eponymous foundation)
Associated ethnographic price.
Origin and history
The Museum of Rethelois and Porcian was created in 1930 by local cultural enthusiasts, initially exhibited at one of the founders. Inaugurated in 1933, he received the same year's award for ethnography from the National Academy of Reims (founded Hugues Krafft). The collections, first presented to the Rethel Tribunal, moved in 1938 for space reasons, then returned after the war with an expansion.
In the 1980s, the city reversed the Tribunal, forcing collections to be kept in reserve. Since then, they have been exposed on an ad hoc basis to the City Hall or during loans. Since October 2018, a space of 140 m2 at the media library-museum l-Agora (Rethelois Country) hosts temporary thematic exhibitions, integrated with the local cultural offer.
The museum is distinguished by its regional archaeology and ethnography ensembles, complemented by religious sculptures, paintings, and Asian and African collections. Labeled Museum of France, it covers various fields: national archaeology, religious art, decorative arts (ceramic), fine arts, extra-European civilizations, and numismatics.
