l’ambition
du beau

From 13 March to 9 November 2025

This exhibition retraces the history and the notion of beauty, from the eclecticism of the Second Empire through to the 1940s, and shows how the city of Saint-Étienne was a favourable breeding ground for the emergence of aesthetic models from the second half of the 19th century. The visitor will be able to see a selection of objects never exhibited before and unique items produced in Saint-Étienne.