Musée Saint-Remi

Musée Saint-Remi
Musée Saint-Remi (former Abbey of Saint-Remi, at the back), with the Basilica of Saint-Remi standing next to it
Location53 rue Simon 51100 Reims, France
Coordinates49°14′36″N 04°02′29″E / 49.24333°N 4.04139°E / 49.24333; 4.04139
TypeArcheology and art museum
Websitemusees-reims.fr

The Musée Saint-Remi is an archeology and art museum in Reims, France. The museum is housed in the former Abbey of Saint-Remi, founded in the sixth century and which had been keeping since 1099 the relics of Saint Remigius (the Bishop of Reims who converted Frankish king Clovis I to Christianity in 496). The Basilica of Saint-Remi, adjacent to it and consecrated in 1049, was its abbey church. Both buildings have been listed as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991 because of their outstanding architecture and importance in the early French monarchy.

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