Musée de Saint-Maur - Villa Médicis

The Villa Medici is a prestigious name from a trip, perhaps legendary, Queen Catherine du Bellay at the castle of Saint-Maur from 1563 and the memory it left, maintained by the various owners of the Villa , lords of the place and dependent for the most part, the princes of Conde. The appearance of the official name of "Villa Medici" because for the first time in 1854, it is doubtful that there is a direct link between the queens of the Villa Medici. In 1927, creation of the local museum of Saint-Maur by the company "Old St. Maur." Installed in the property in La Varenne Frot, it has the funds collected lapidary on the site of the abbey. In 1932 installation of the local museum: paintings and sculptures, deposits of the Prefecture of the Seine, important lapidary collection, large gallery of paintings, drawings, engravings relating to the history of the City of Saint-Maur. In 1932, intake of paintings and sculptures. In 1935, deposit of sculptures of the City of Paris: Daillion, desc, Marquet, Moria. From 1962, regular addition (paintings, prints, sculptures, ceramics). The Villa Medici is the new Museum of Saint-Maur, placed in 1982 under the control of the direction of the Museums of France.