Saint-Omer, ville d'art et d'histoire...
Les Monuments - Aéroclub de Saint-Omer - L'USSO
		The Museum Henri Dupuis History Born with SAINT-OMER in 1819, Henri DUPUIS devoted his life to be joined together, in this building of rich person collections of minerals, fossils, shells, tables, pieces of furniture Flemish and ceramic, which it bequeathed in 1889 to the city to make a museum of it. Inheritance At the ground floor, in the form of large dioramas are presented " the Birds of the world " in their natural environment. One can also see a beautiful reconstituted Flemish kitchen there. On the floor is exposed an astonishing collection of shells. A room of mineralogy presents a significant whole of fragments of rocks, minérais, gems. To notice an original collection of diamond célébres reproductions.
Structure The frontage of this old private mansion of XVIIIe century comprises seven spans rythmées by colossal pilasters assembled on a sandstone base and summoned composite capitals.