Musée de la Chartreuse

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Musee de la Chartreuse Description

In Chartreuse, north of the Town Hall is the church of St-Pierre (18th C.) which contains numerous pictures and has a massive 16th C. tower. On the far side of the Scarpe, housed in a former Carthusian monastery (16th and 17th C.), is the Musée de la Chartreuse, with works by French and Dutch artists, including the beautiful Anchin Altar (by J. Bellegambe, 1509-1513), a fine collection of Italian Renaissance pictures and prehistoric and Gallo-Roman antiquities.

Hobbies & Activities category: Paintings, art collections; Historical museum; Towers, monuments, observation deck

Address

Musée de la Chartreuse
130, rue des Chartreux
F-59500 Douai
France

http://www.ville-douai.fr/intcult.htm

Hours



Open	10:00	Closed	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed	12:00		12:00	12:00	12:00	12:00	12:00
Open	14:00		14:00	14:00	14:00	14:00	14:00
Closed	17:00		17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	18:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Bastille Day - France (July 14) Assumption Day - Christian (August 15) All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1) Remembrance Day / 1918 Armistice Day (November 11) Christmas - Christian (December 25)