Avignon - France-Calvet Museum

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One of Avignon's major museums is Le Musée Calvet, located in the lower section of Rue Joseph Vernet. It is set in a magnificent 18th-century mansion with collections of fine art and decorative pieces from the 15th through the 20th centuries. There are many excellent paintings here representing most of the important periods of art history. One of the most popular paintings is the large, colorful canvas by Jan Bruegel the Elder, a typical work featuring a busy village scene with lots of different activities going on.
An archaeological branch of this museum, called Le Musée Lapidaire, displays sculpture from ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt inside the chapel of a former Jesuit church, at 27 Rue de la République, a few blocks away. You can stand in the front door and peek at the stone carvings and decorative arts before deciding whether to pay for a closer look.
Paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries are on display at another excellent, small museum, Le Musée Angladon, with masterpieces by Degas, Manet, Sisley, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Picasso and Modigliani, among others.