The museum is installed(settled), between court(yard) and garden, in a mansion of the end of XVIII ème century. This house was acquired(bought back) at the end of the XIXth century and left at the beginning of XX ème by Joseph Déchelette, of European dimensions archaeologist, with project to shelter there more comfortably both its personal collections and the local collections. The museum includes de facto a wing of archaeology, principally Gallo-Roman, a remarkable set(group) of ceramics the from XIVth century till XXIth century, among which the biggest(greatest) French collection of revolutionary earthenwares, a department of paintings(paints) which offer an overview of the history of art the from XVth century till XXth century, with a honouring of the Fawn painter Jean Puy, a space devoted to extra-European art, in attic.
Access
Parc de stationnement (centre ville). Gare desservie (à 10 minutes du musée au centre ville).
Website
http://www.museedechelette.fr
Phone
04 77 23 68 77

Address
22 rue Anatole France, 42300 Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France