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Fine Arts Museum
Lille's world-renowned Fine Arts Museum , built from 1885 to 1892, has a truly first-rate collection of 15th- to 20th-century paintings, including works by Rubens, Van Dyck and Manet. On the ground floor, there's exquisite porcelain and faïence, much of it of local provenance, while in the basement you'll find classical archaeology, medieval statuary and intricate 18th-century models of the fortified cities of northern France and Belgium.
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Hospice Comtesse Museum
Housed in an attractive 15th- and 17th-century poorhouse, the Hospice Comtesse Museum features ceramics, faïence wall tiles and 17th- and 18th-century paintings, furniture and religious art. The Salle des Malades (Hospital Hall) is decorated with Lille tapestries. The museum was undergoing renovations as we went to press.
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La Piscine Musée d'Art et d'Industrie
If Paris can turn a disused train station into a world-class museum, why not take an Art Deco municipal swimming pool (built 1927-32) - an architectural masterpiece inspired by a combination of civic pride and hygienic high-mindedness - and transform it into a temple of the arts? This innovative museum La Piscine Musée d'art et d'industrie , 12km northeast of Gare Lille-Europe, showcases fine arts, applied arts and sculpture in a delightfully watery environment.
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Museum of Modern Art
The highly regarded Museum of Modern Art , in a sculpture park 9km east of Gare Lille-Europe (the route is circuitous so if you're driving get a good map), displays colourful, playful and just plain weird works by artists such as Braque, Calder, Léger, Miró, Modigliani and Picasso. It will be closed until sometime in 2008 while a huge new wing, to house a collection of Art Brut, is built. To get there, take metro line No 1 to Pont de Bois and then bus No 41 to Parc Urbain-Musée.
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