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Tony Garnier Urban Museum
is a creation of “OPAC du Grand Lyon” (a social housing public
company), which launched, in 1985, a large scale rehabilitation project
for a housing estate located East of Lyon, called “quartier des
Etats-Unis” (Etats-Unis district).
As soon as 1988, a group of inhabitants gathered into a non profit
organization, “Le Comité des locataires” (Tenants Committee),
wish that murals be painted on 24 walls of the buildings built by the
famous architect Tony Garnier between 1920 and 1933. More
information…
They contact a group of artists, Cité
de la Création. To pay a tribute to this outstanding architect,
the artists design an innovative and unusual museography. A monumental
work of art will introduce to the visitors a key period in the history
of urban planning and architecture, in a place built by its author:
Tony Garnier.
Tony Garnier Urban Museum is a magnificent artistic adventure shared by
inhabitants, artists from Cité de la Création and OPAC du
Grand Lyon. As a reward to this unusual approach, the museum has
already received several awards:
1991 - UNESCO "World Decade for Cultural Development"
Prize
1994 - Sponsorship Oscar / Télérama Prize
2002 - Tourism Trophies of the region of Lyon
2003 - Museum is recognized as being of general interest
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