Museums and Fondation Calvet Library

Calvet Library Since 1826, there is no municipal library in Avignon. Calvet Library and the Library of Requien Museum belong to Calvet Foundation. Visit the libraries	Collection of medals A collection of 25,000 ancient coins: Greek, Carthaginian, Celt, Roman, Imperial ... but also coins from the Middle Ages not inventoried yet. Visit the collection of medals	Requien Library Esprit Calvet and Esprit Requien are at the origin of this library of Natural History. You will discover a selection of works and wonders chronologically filed from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Visit the library
Calvet Museum Calvet Museum houses in the magnificent Villeneuve-Martignan Hotel many collections of paintings, sculptures, drawings, decorative arts ... Visit the museum	Lapidaire Museum Visit the archaeological collection of the Calvet Museum. Very large collection of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and early Christian sculptures and the Greek works Visit the museum	Petit Palais Museum An exceptional collection of Italian paintings from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Masterpieces of great masters of the Italian pre-Renaissance. Visit the museum
Requien Museum Discover the immense herbarium, the collections of rocks, fossils, shells, the collection of samples of botany, geology, vertebrates and invertebrates . Visit the museum	Archaeological Museum of the Hotel-Dieu In Cavaillon, in the Chapel of Dieu Hotel and in the Rabbi's House, adjoining the remarkable thirteenth century synagogue, the Foundation houses the vast collection donated by Jouve family. Visit the museum	Jouve Museum and Jewish Comtadin The history of museums and of the heritage of Cavaillon is intimately linked to that of Jouve family who, for four generations, from the Revolution to the early twentieth century, profoundly influenced the city. Visit the museum