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Musée Départemental Breton
Created in 1846 by the Archaeological Society of Finistère, the Breton departmental museum in Quimper is set in the former palace of the bishops of Cornouaille, near Saint-Corentin cathedral. It presents the archaeology and arts (sculpture, costumes, furniture, faience, stained glass, painting, etc.) of the Finistère département. It occupies the former palace of the bishops of Cornouaille, a building built from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century adjoining the cathedral.
The Breton departmental museum in Quimper, created in 1846 by the Archaeological Society of Finistère, is set in the former palace of the bishops of Cornouaille, near Saint-Corentin cathedral. Defining itself as a "society museum", it presents the archaeology and arts of Finistère: sculpture, costumes, furniture, faience, stained glass, painting.
