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The Musée Saint-Martin, opened in 1990, was created by the City of Tours and the Amis des sites martiniens to house the principal archeological remains of the successive basilicas built on the site of the tomb of the third Bishop of Tours (371-397). It is housed in the former chapel of Saint-Jean (13th century) next to the basilica's cloister. This chapel, which replaced a baptistery founded by Grégoire de Tours, has housed the relics of St Martin on a number of occasions. The museum forms part of the St Martin itinerary developed in Tours by the Centre Culturel Européen Saint Martin de Tours, which in 2005 was named a "Major Cultural Route of the Council of Europe" with the theme "St Martin of Tours, a great European figure, a symbol of sharing and common values".
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The Collections

SAINT-MARTIN

The collections include texts, maps, illustrations, plans, drawings and archeological materials, the result of generous loans (City of Tours, the Rectoral authority for the basilica, Société Archéologique de Touraine, Société des Amis de la Tour Charlemagne, Compagnons du Devoir, Musée du Louvre).