Musée des Beaux-arts de Brest

The museum of fine arts, which is housed in a post-war reconstruction building, opened its doors in 1968 in the heart of Brest’s downtown. It boasts an original collection of 10,000 objects, mainly in the fine arts (paintings, sculptures and graphic arts) and often associated with the city’s maritime history. It also consists of the only artothèque (art-loaning library)...