Musée de la Loire
General information
| __Établissement | Musée de la Loire | ||
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| __Activités |
Lieu de visite |
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| Address |
Place de la Résistance 58200 Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
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| Website | https://www.museedelaloire.fr/ | ||
| Contact |
+33 3 86 26 71 02 musee@mairiecosnesurloire.fr |
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| Correspondant Qualité Tourisme |
M.
BROCQ
Nicolas
+33 3 86 26 71 02 nbrocq@mairie-cosnesurloire.fr |
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| Référent |
M.
BROCQ
Nicolas
+33 3 86 26 71 02 nbrocq@mairiecosnesurloire.fr |
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| Marques Attribuées |
Marque Qualité Tourisme |
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Location
Description
Established in 1900 by local scholars, the museum in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire was initially designed as a cabinet of curiosities, bringing together objects from various origins and eras. Occupying two rooms in the Town Hall, it received numerous legacies, donations and loans from the State and, in 1937, it was moved to the town’s former subprefecture.
However, when the adjacent Pont de Loire bridge, was bombed in 1940 the museum was almost completely destroyed. The wife of its curator, Emile Fernand-Dubois, perished in this event and a large proportion of the collections was destroyed, thereby jeopardising the museum’s continued existence.
