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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joanna Whitehead

French art museum nicknamed ‘Little Louvre’ reopens after 14 years

A major French art museum dubbed the ‘little Louvre’ has reopened after 14 years.

The Musée Bonnat-Helleu closed in 2011 for a major renovation. Located in Bayonne, a city in the Basque Country, the fine art museum houses an extensive collection of French Old Masters said to rival the Louvre’s.

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