User:Marionhudin/Musée archéologique de l'Université de Lorraine (Archaeological museum of the Université de Lorraine)

The Musée Archéologique de l’Université de Lorraine (MAUL) is a university museum located in Nancy, depending upon the Université de Lorraine, and which houses a collection of archaeologic items.

Museum's history
The museum’s core dates back to 1904, established by Paul Perdrizet, professor of archaeology and art history at the Université de Lorraine in Nancy. The museum was located at the corner of the place Carnot and the rue de la Serre back then, in the former building of the university library.

Most of its 470 casts of Greek and Roman statues were destroyed during a German raid on the 31st of October 1918. Until 1945, the museum’s collections were stored. In 1939-1940, as the Germans were gaining ground, they were crated. Many of them were lost during the war. Even today, some items from the collection are returned to the museum.

The current collections, completed by donations, long-term loans and acquisitions, are located in the building A of the Faculty of Humanities’ campus in Nancy since 1965.

On the 17th of February 2018, a temporary exhibition about the use of altars during antique sacrificial offerings is presented by Sandrine Huber, former curator of the museum. This exhibit ends on the 15th of February 2019. Conferences are also organized at the MAUL since 2015.

In June 2018, the place became a museum-school that offers a pedagogical multidisciplinary area for the students and faculty of humanities and social science. After three years of collaborative work, the new museum-school is inaugurated on the 26th of June 2018.