page_title: Musée de Picardie
hierarchical_section_title: Musée de Picardie
caption_attribution_description: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1863, Le Travail, Musée de Picardie
context_page_description: The Musée de Picardie is the main museum of Amiens and Picardy, in France. It is located at 48, rue de la République, Amiens. Its collections stretch from prehistory to the 19th century and form one of the largest regional museums in France.
  The museum is closed until the end of 2019 for building work.
  The museum was founded as the musée Napoléon in 1802. However, the museum building, is later, being purpose-built as a regional museum between 1855 and 1867. The Second Empire style building was designed by architects Henri Parent and Arthur-Stanislas Diet. It was built thanks to action by the Société des Antiquaires de Picardie, keen to give the city somewhere to house the collections the society had gathered over decades.
context_section_description: The Musée de Picardie is the main museum of Amiens and Picardy, in France. It is located at 48, rue de la République, Amiens. Its collections stretch from prehistory to the 19th century and form one of the largest regional museums in France. 
  The museum is closed until the end of 2019 for building work.
  The museum was founded as the musée Napoléon in 1802 (the year of the Treaty of Amiens).  However, the museum building, is later, being purpose-built as a regional museum (one of France's first such buildings) between 1855 and 1867.  The Second Empire style building was designed by architects Henri Parent and Arthur-Stanislas Diet.  It was built thanks to action by the Société des Antiquaires de Picardie, keen to give the city somewhere to house the collections the society had gathered over decades.
caption: Work, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1863.
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