Housed in the lower rooms of the Palais des Comtes de Champagne, the museum's collections combine fine art and local history.
Discoveries made in the Haute-Marne region contribute to the archaeology room, in particular a priceless bronze cuirass dating from the 9th century BC. Renaissance sculpture is well represented, with elements of the tomb of Claude de Lorraine sculpted by Dominique Florentin and the former altarpiece from the Basilica of Chaumont.
The museum also features Edme Bouchardon, one of the most gifted sculptors of the reign of Louis XV, who was born in Chaumont (numerous drawings and a plaster cast of the work that won him the Prix de Rome).
The collection of paintings is very important (Paul De Vos, Bartolomeo Bettera, Jean-François de Troy, Luca Ferrari, François-Alexandre Pernot, etc.).
There is also a section devoted to glove-making, Chaumont's main industry for over a century.
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Chaumont
