Musée du Président Jacques Chirac

The musée du Président Jacques Chirac (President Jacques Chirac museum), commonly known as musée du Septennat,^[1] is a museum located in Sarran, in the French departement of Corrèze, in the Massif central, 30 km northeast of the city of Tulle. It houses the collection of objects offered to Jacques Chirac during his presidency, a library, as well as a space for temporary exhibitions. It was opened on December 15, 2000 by Chirac.

Musée du Président Jacques Chirac

The building was designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.

See also

• Presidential library system, for presidential museums in the United States.

Notes

1. Septennat means in French a seven-year period, which was the French presidential term from 1873 until 2002. The name musée du Septennat is also used for the President François Mitterrand Museum in Château-Chinon, in the departement of the Nièvre,

Sources

• Translation of the French Wikipedia article

External links

• (in English) Official museum website

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