Museums of Metz, Metz, France

The Museums of Metz were founded in 1839. They are also known as the Golden Courtyard Museums, in reference to the palace of Austrasia's kings in Metz, whose buildings they occupy. The collections in this museum(s) are distributed through a 3,500 m² labyrinthal organization of rooms, incorporating the ancient Petites Carmes Abbey, the Chèvremont granary, and the Trinitaires church. The institution is organized into four broad sections: the history and archeological museum, the medieval department, the museum of architecture and the museum of fine arts. The archeological museum contains rich collections of Gallo-Roman finds — extension works to the museums in the 1930s revealed the vestiges of Gallo-Roman baths.

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Paddy Lidderdale (8 months ago)
Brilliant museum. Thank you to the Mayor and the museum team for this wonderful museum. From ancient Roman bath remnants in the basement to wonderful art collections the museum has a broad range of artifacts all immaculately presented and explained. One of the most enjoyable museums we have been to anywhere in the world because the breadth of items on show & the excellent presentation and spaces. Then on top it's completely free, which is wonderful because it makes this brilliant place available to everyone.

Maria Rosales (9 months ago)
Such a beautiful museum. Visited on a Sunday so it wasn’t crowded and it was free ?. The various artifacts they have from Metz shows the history the town has gone thru. Always have beautiful old paintings and furniture.

KerryAnn Jansen (9 months ago)
Just a couple of minutes walk from the Cathedral, easy to find and there's no need to get tickets as its completely free. What a gem in the heart of the city, with so many artifacts across many floors and even small village reconstructions. This museum also holds a large and beautiful art collection. I would set aside at least an hour and half to view the full museum.

Alex Litt (2 years ago)
Wonderful collection of historic artefacts, worth visiting! The staff is friendly and helpful. The museum is free and not crowded during weekdays.

Claudia (2 years ago)
A very interesting place, it's nice that it's free, it's a pity that most of the places have descriptions only in French.

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