Musee Louis Vouland (Louis Voland Museum) Avignon

A holiday in France will undoubtedly make you have very pleasant memories for the rest of your life. In fact it can be an once in a lifetime affair for France has loads of cultural things for you to see and do, the capital of Paris alone has over an astonishing hundred plus museums. There are at least forty major museums. You will get to see every architectural style imaginable in the buildings in all the cities in France, specially some of the old and noted museums in France have their own distinctive styles. In Avignon too, you will have several museums and art galleries, which are bound to leave you spell bound with the richness of France's cultural history. You must have some time spent in Musee Louis Vouland (Louis Voland Museum) in Avignon.

Musee Louis Vouland (Louis Voland Museum) basically represents the decorative arts of the 17th century and 18th century. Specifically in the 18 th century decorative arts were in their peak with several masterpieces. In this museum, you will find furniture, objects d''art and other works of art under one roof and they have been acquired for over forty years from the antique dealers or big auctions and estate sales from places like Nice , Marseille and Paris .

In Musee Louis Vouland (Louis Voland Museum) , there are nearly 200 ceramic objects which are permanent exhibits. They demonstrate the diversity and evolution of chinaware in Europe, its relations with the Far Eastern countries, and the relations between various porcelain centers in France. Diverse techniques and processes were used in different porcelain centers in France at that time, places like Nevers , Rouen , Strasbourg , Lyon , Marseille , Moustiers , and Montpellier had some differences in the process of manufacturing chinaware in their workshops. Decorations too varied but some of the decorations are really stunning. Figurines and objects made of porcelain from Saxony , Vincennes , Sevres add refinement and sophistication to porcelain as such.

There are some lovely tapestries of Flanders , Aubusson and Gobelins and they have mythological motifs. Armchairs, oriental rugs and canvas stitched tapestries will mesmerize you. The museum is closed only on Mondays and holidays on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th.