Set in a former abbey, Reims’ fine arts museum is a product of the Revolution: its collection is based on a work seized from the region’s aristocracy.
Since then the inventory has grown with donations, and gives you a comprehensive overview of the main European art movements from the 1500s to the 1900s.
There are paintings by Renoir, Matisse, Monet and Charles Le Brun (who decorated the Palace of Versailles). But the museum is noted for its set of 27 works by the 19th-century landscape artist Camille Coroy, the second-largest collection in the world.