Amboise museum advert on the Musee de l'Hotel de Ville (Morin Hotel)

            A little town mostly visited for it's Chateau, but there are other things in the town to see.

An advert about the Museum of the Hotel De Ville (Chateau d'Amboise)

The Musee de l'Hotel de Ville is open from the middle of June to the middle of September each year.

It was built between 1501 and  1505 by Pierre Morin, the finanical advisor of Louis XII (1498 - 1515). Built in the style of the First French Renaissance. Its architecture combines tradition and French Gothic, and the recently introduced Italian Renaissance style (in the early 16th century).

Like the castle / chateau, the building is built of stone, which is very modern for EPO and shows the wealth of the owner. In the early 16th century, the nearby houses were built with brick and timber (see Rue Victor Hugo for an example).

It had many owners between the 16th and 18th centuries. One of them was the Duke of Choiseul (1719 - 1785). Minister of War, Navy and Foreign Affairs of King Louis XV (1715 - 1774). It is also of Governor of Touraine, Lord of Amboise Chanteloup. He decides to buy the hotel for Morin do its Ducal Palace and installed the seat of his manorial court, The Board of Auditors and prison.

In 1786, after the duke's death, the Duchy passed to the Duke of Penthievre (1725 - 1793) , then his daughter the Duchess of Orleans.

During the French Revolution, the Palace Duke is confiscated by the Convention and provided as the Hospice General Tours. It then leased the building to the municipality Amboise who eventually became owner in 1826. Prison Justice and the salt warehouse are then installed.

Between 1848 and 1852, the hotel serves as barracks for the Garrison was responsible for monitoring the Emir Abd-El-Kader (1808 - 1883), captured in 1847 after his surrender to Algeria during the colonization of the country by the French. The Emir and his family remained under house arrest in chestnut teau d'Amboise.

In 1880, while it remains home to municipal services, the home is classified as Monument History (Monument Historique). And in 1890, noting that its condition required a major restoration, work is done.

Until the 1970s the Morin Hotel houses the administrative departments of the municipality

The birth of the museum started in the "Wedding Room" which since the 19th century has had a number of works of art. It was only gradually that all parts of the building have art. In the 1970s the Town Hall moved to a new Town Hall, and this enabled the old Town Hall to be turned into the Museum of the Town Hall. Three rooms remained in use by the municipality, the marriage hall, the Council Chamber and the meeting room Emilienne Gouverne.

Today it is a museum fron July to September. It is closed on Saturday's to allow for marriages.

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Taken in: France / Centre / Amboise (show map)

Taken on: July 9, 2009

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