Musée de Tessé
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The Musée de Tessé is the central museum of fine arts for the city of Le Mans in France. It is located on the edge of the Quinconces des Jacobins and the Parc de Tessé.
It is housed in a former episcopal palace built on the site of the former hôtel particulier of René de Froulay, Count of Tessé. It has a major ancient Egyptian collection, with basement rooms housing reconstructions of the burial chambers of Nefertari (wife of Rameses II) and of Sennefer, 'mayor' of Thebes, both thanks to a donation of photographs from the Kodak-Pathé Foundation.
It also housed the city's local archaeological collections until 2009, when these were moved to the Museum of Archaeology and History of Le Mans.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.