
Alençon · Orne
Alençon Museum of Fine Arts and Lace
French name: musée des beaux-arts et de la dentelle
Free 1st Sunday
Free admission
- Free 1st SundayFree on the first Sunday of every monthUnder-26s are also free year-round.
Address
Cour Carrée de la Dentelle, 61000 Alençon
Founded in 1857 and set in part of the former Jesuit college, the museum presents point d'Alençon, a needle lace inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2010. It also holds paintings from the 16th to the 20th century and a Cambodian collection assembled by Adhémard Leclère.