The Museum is installed in a spacious building erected in the middle of the 19th century at the expense of the Society of Antiquaries of Picardy, and afterwards handed over by it to the City. Most of the collections had fortunately been removed to a place of safety before the bombardment of 1918, which damaged the building. Three aerial torpedoes fell on the right wing of the rear façade (photo above), considerably damaging the collection of drawings by the brothers Duthoit.
The Museum will only be re-installed after the necessary repairs have been done, and as new classifications may then be made, the principal works of art are here dealt with according to category and date, instead of room by room.
A.—Sculpture
I.—Greek and Gallo-Roman Antiquities.
Triple Hecate: Grecian marble, very finely executed, representing the three divinities of the lunar month: Diana, Artemicia, and Hecate.
Gallo-Roman funeral stele with galloping cavalier carved in demi-relief.
Carved tombstone representing the deceased, holding lamp and purse, between two relations.
II.—Middle Age and Renaissance Sculpture.
Quadrangular baptismal font in pure Roman style.
Very fine late 12th century capitals, taken from the ancient monastery of the Premonstrants of Dommartin (Pas-de-Calais).