The collection includes 65,000 works from the 15

The collection features archives and a group of illuminated manuscripts.

Student drawings

Created in 1671, the Académie Royale d’Architecture, like its counterpart for painting and sculpture, instituted a system of academic exercises that expanded considerably in the 19

Anatomical teaching, which has existed since the beginnings of the Royal Academy, took on a critical importance during the Enlightenment. In the 19th century, its development led to the private collection of écorchés, casts from nature, and bones, housed near educational institutions.

The sculpture collections owe much to the legacy of Alexandre Lenoir’s Musée des Monuments Français; the latter bequeathed its monumental pieces to the school, the most spectacular of which is the frontispiece of the Château d’Anet, affixed to the facade of the Chapelle de Petits-A

The collections hold more than two thousand paintings, with the broad chronological spectrum reflecting the rich history of Beaux-Arts de Paris.

The collection includes a number of objects whose disparate nature reflects the diversity of sources of inspiration brought together for the young artists. The objets d’art and furniture mainly come from the furnishings of the Royal Academy, or from the donation made by the decorator Claude-Aimé Chenavard.