Curtius Museum
The Curtius Museum (Musée Curtius) is a museum of archaeology and decorative arts, located on the bank of the Meuse River in Liège, classified as a Major Heritage of Wallonia.
It was built sometime between 1597 and 1610 as a private mansion for Jean Curtius, industrialist and munitions supplier to the Spanish army. With its alternating layers of red brick and natural stone, and its cross-mullioned windows, the building typifies the regional style known as the Mosan (or Meuse) Renaissance.
After a 50 million euro redevelopment, the museum reopened as the Grand Curtius (Le Grand Curtius) in March 2009, now housing the merged collections of four former museums: the museum of archeology, the museum of weaponry, the museum of decorative arts, and the museum of religious art and Mosan art. Highlights in the collections include treasures of Mosan art such as a twelfth-century gilded reliquary tryptich, formerly in the church of Sainte-Croix, the Evangelarium of Notger, sculptures by Jean Del Cour, and a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by Ingres in 1804: Bonaparte, First Consul.
External links[]
- (in French, Dutch, English, and German) Official website of the Grand Curtius Museum
Coordinates: 50°38′49″N 5°35′02″E / 50.64694°N 5.58389°E
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grand Curtius. |
Authority control  |
|---|
  | This article about a museum in Belgium is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- Wallonia's Major Heritage
- Decorative arts museums in Belgium
- Archaeological museums in Belgium
- Art museums and galleries in Belgium
- Museums in Liège (city)
- Tourist attractions in Liège
- European museum stubs
- Belgian building and structure stubs