Champollion Museum

The Champollion Museum (French: Musée Champollion) is located in Figeac, Lot.

Facade of the museum.

It houses a collection devoted to Figeac's most famous son, Jean-François Champollion.

It was inaugurated 19 December 1986 in the presence of President François Mitterrand and Jean Leclant, secrétaire perpétuel of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. After two years of building work and extension, the museum re-opened in 2007. Besides Champollion's life and discoveries, the museum also recounts the history of writing. The whole façade is covered in pictograms, from the original ideograms of the whole world.

In 2014, the museum consecrated an exhibition to the explorations of Théodore Ber, also a native of Figeac, 40 ans dans les andes: L'itinéraire oublié de Théodore Ber (1820-1900), and published an illustrated catalog.[1]

Bibliography

Van Uffelen, Chris. Contemporary Museums - Architecture, History, Collections, Braun Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-3-03768-067-4, pages 190–193.

References

Findinier, Benjamin; Philip, Benjamin (2014). 40 ans dans les andes : L'itinéraire oublié de Théodore Ber (1820-1900). Figeac: Musée Champollion - Les écritures du monde. ISBN 978-2954871806.

External links

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[1] Findinier, Benjamin; Philip, Benjamin (2014). 40 ans dans les andes : L'itinéraire oublié de Théodore Ber (1820-1900). Figeac: Musée Champollion - Les écritures du monde. ISBN 978-2954871806.