Musée de l'Avallonnais Jean Després

Lovers of archaeology, fine arts, ethnography and the simply curious will find enough objects and works on display in the museum to satisfy their expectations. One room presents the archaeological discoveries in the Avallonnais. Several rooms are devoted to local artists of international renown: Isidore PILS, Ernest QUOST, Adolphe GUILLON, Achille SCHNEIT, Antoine VESTIER, Georges LOISEAU-BAILLY, Pierre VIGOUREUX. One room is dedicated to Jean DESPRES, a native of Avallone and a recognised goldsmith of the art-deco movement. Another room is dedicated to Georges ROUAULT, with the "Stella" and the "Miserere" engravings inspired by the First World War. A new space presents "The Process of Artistic Creation" through sketches and studies by PILS, DESPRES...
It is also an opportunity to discover, through objects, costumes and paintings, the cultural and religious traditions of the YAO ethnic group, which is now spread from southern China to northern Thailand.