The Labenche Museum, French museum of Art and History, Brive, Correze, France: its collections, its exhibitions...the Labenche museum is associated with the art museum of Joliette, Quebec.

Presentation

The excavations of Saint Sernin

The excavations of the Saint Sernin church, which took place Place de la Mission in Brive when the church was being renovated, gave quite a number of information about the architecture of the successive sanctuaries and about the sepultures found there.

Three major archeological wholes were discovered in the central part of the church: a pilgrim's burial, a bell-shaped kiln and an antique composition well which enclosed a "treasure", thrown there during the religious wars.

The arrangement of the room recalls the archeological structures discovered during the excavations.