Musée de la Révolution française de Vizille
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The Musée de la Révolution française de Vizille is a departmental museum on the French Revolution, located in the French town of Vizille, 15 kilometres to the south of Grenoble, on the route Napoléon. It was set up in 1984 in the Château de Vizille, former home of the dukes of Lesdiguières (17th century), the Perier family (1782–1895) and the presidents of France (1924–1972) - it also hosted the gathering of three estates of the Dauphiné on 21 July 1788, known as the Assembly of Vizille. In 2007 it held a temporary exhibition at the Comédie-Française.
Collections
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Louis-Michel Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau
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Thomas Bouquerot de Voligny 1755-1841 deputy to the Council of Ancients
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The duke of Lesdiguières, last constable of France
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A National Guard and his wife, painting by Rémy-Furcy Descarsin, 1791
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