Palais des ducs de Lorraine - Musée lorrain

The palace of the Dukes of Lorraine - Lorraine Museum consists of three sets with remarkable architecture: the Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine, the church and convent of the Cordeliers and the Government Palace. The two large museum sections cover the period from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century and the arts and popular traditions.

From the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century Architectural elements, paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, archives or scientific instruments ... The collections that illustrate the history of the Lorraine ducal are more varied. The vicissitudes of the Thirty Years War are evoked by the etchings of Jacques Callot, whose museum has almost all known original copper. The paintings of Georges de La Tour, Claude and Jacques Bellange Deruet reveal, in turn, the intense artistic and cultural life of the region in the seventeenth century. Earthenware, terracotta and glass illustrate the exceptional craftsmanship of Lorraine in the area of ​​arts of fire in the eighteenth century. The reigns of Leopold and Stanislas are especially presented, including the scientific study of the last Duke of Lorraine.

The popular arts and traditions Located in the former convent of the Cordeliers, the arts and popular traditions section traces the life in Lorraine in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Traditional interiors are restored and can discover a large collection of furniture and traditional objects.