Fine Arts Museum, Tours (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours)

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours is set in the old archbishop's palace and features a remarkably rich and varied collection.

Fine Arts Museum, Tours (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours) mini guide

Guide point	Details
Department:	Central France > Loire Valley > Indre-et-Loire >
Location:	Follow the banks of the Loire to Tours Château, then take rue Lavoisier past the cathedral to the museum.
Address::	Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, 18, Place François Sicard, 37000, Tours, France
Switch board number:	+33 (0)2 47 05 68 73
Email address:	musee-beauxarts@ville-tours.fr
Visit owner's personal website:	http://www.musees.regioncentre.fr/
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Highlights include a magnificent series of Italian primitives and two masterpieces by Mantegna, Christ in the Garden of Olives and the Resurrection, from the retable at San Zeno in Verona.

Also to be seen are masterpieces from the 15th to 20th centuries including works by Mantegna, Rubens, Le Sueur, Nattier, Boucher, Degas, Delacroix, Debré in addition to some fine 18th century French furniture.