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Museum of Estavayer-le-Lac
Summary
The Museum of Estavayer-le-Lac and its frogs is located in the town of Estavayer-le-Lac, in the canton of Fribourg, where it has occupied the Maison de la Dîme since 1927. This museum is also known as the "Frogs Museum" because of its collection of frogs, naturalized and arranged in scenes reproducing human attitudes.
The Museum of Estavayer is a regional museum. It was built in a mansion from the 15th century. Most of the collections comes from donations from families in Estavayer or Fribourg, which highlights the culture and history of the region. Its nickname "Frog Museum" is due to its collection of 108 naturalized frogs. They take human poses and illustrate the daily life of the 19th century. The museum was initiated by a local association for the cultural development called Société de développement in 1900. The official inauguration, in its still current form as a municipal museum, took place on May 8, 1927. The museum has five rooms. Each has a thematic coherence: weapons, daily life, domestic life, natural history and farm life, and the frog collection. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions.
The house in which the museum is situated was purchased in 1406 by Humbert the Bastard. He was the lord of Estavayer and the half-brother of Amedeus VIII, Duke of Savoy. The house was his home until his death in 1443. The street front has remained almost unchanged since 1408. The Humbert residential complex had several courtyards at the back, accessible by the passage under the museum. At that time, there were vegetable gardens, now converted into a public park. Before being transformed into a museum and opening its doors to the public in 1927, the house was used for various purposes such as a school and a grain attic. Despite a number of different functions, the house still has its original structure.
The Estavayer Museum has a large collection of weapons, some of which have been entrusted to the Museum by the inhabitants of Estavayer, while others come from abroad.
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