Goya Museum
The Goya Museum (in French: Musée Goya) is an art museum located in Castres, France.[1] The museum was originally established in 1840 and is named after the Spanish painter Francisco Goya.
The Goya Museum building.
Interior view of one of the galleries.
The museum is located in the old Bishop's Palace, which was built in 1675 and is based on the design of Jules Hardouin Mansart, who was an architect of the Palace of Versailles.[1] The gardens were designed by André Le Nôtre, who also worked at Versailles.
See also
- Museo Goya - Colección Ibercaja - Museo Camón Aznar, an art museum in Zaragoza, Spain.
References
- Goya Museum Archived 2009-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, Les amis des Musées de Castres.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Musée Goya.
- Goya Museum — Castres, France, The Techno-Impressionist Journal: A year in the life…, 20 October 2006.
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