Museum of the Americas, Auch

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Museum of the Americas - Auch, formerly the Jacobin Museum until 2019, is an ethnographic museum located in the commune of Auch, in the French department of Gers. Created in 1793, the museum has been housed since 1976 in the former Jacobin convent, between Claude-Desbons Promenade and Sainte-Marie Cathedral. It is home to the second largest collection of pre-Columbian objects in France, after that of the Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques-Chirac. On October 12, 2019, on the occasion of its reopening after major renovations, the museum takes the name Museum of the Americas - Auch.