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Fine Arts Museum
The rich collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts include one of only four versions of Jacques-Louis David's world-famous Death of Marat (yes, the bloody one in the bathtub), 27 works by Camille Corot (only the Louvre has more), lots of Barbizon School landscapes, Art Nouveau creations by Émile Gallé and two works each by Monet, Gauguin and Pissarro.
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Musée d'Automobiles
About 1.5km southeast of the cathedral, the Musée d'Automobiles displays about 200 motor vehicles, most of them French and from the 1920s to the '70s.
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Musée de la Reddition
Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally at on 7 May 1945 in US General Dwight D Eisenhower's war room in Reims, now a museum known as the Musée de la Reddition . The original Allied battle maps are still affixed to the walls of the one-time technical college, now known as Lycée Franklin Roosevelt. There's a film in French, German and English.
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Musée des Beaux-Arts
The rich collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts, housed in an 18th-century building in which Russian troops were billeted during the Napoleonic wars (1814), include one of only four versions of Jacques-Louis David's world-famous Death of Marat (yes, the bloody one in the bathtub), 27 works by Camille Corot (only the Louvre has more), lots of Barbizon School landscapes, Art Nouveau creations by Émile Gallé and two works each by Monet, Gaugin and Pissarro.
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Musée St-Rémi
Next door to the Basilica, Musée St-Rémi, in a 17th- and 18th-century abbey, features local Gallo-Roman archaeology, tapestries and 16th- to 19th-century military history.
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Musée-Hôtel Le Vergeur
At Musée-Hôtel Le Vergeur, in a 13th- to 16th-century townhouse, highlights include a series of furnished period rooms and engravings by Albrecht Dürer.
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Palais du Tau
Next door to the Cathedral, the Palais du Tau, a former archbishop's residence constructed in 1690, was where French princes stayed right before their coronations - and where they played host to a sumptuous banquet right afterwards. Now a museum, it displays truly exceptional statues, ritual objects and tapestries from the cathedral, some in the impressive Salle du Tau.
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