Musee des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds. The Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds is an art museum located in the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
   Founded in 1864, it moved in 1926 to its current Art Deco-style building, designed by artists René Chapallaz and Charles L'Eplattenier. It houses works by regional and international artists.
   The quarterly temporary exhibition program is oriented towards contemporary Swiss and international art punctuated by exhibitions of a more historical nature. The permanent collection consists of more than 7,000 works.
   The Museum of Fine Arts of La Chaux-de-Fonds was created on April 8, 1864, by the Society of Friends of the Arts of Neuchâtel, section of La Chaux-de-Fonds, today called Society of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts. The history of this association merges with that of the museum, which became an institution of the City in 1985.
   It has since been managed by a commission appointed by the City Council. The Society of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, for its part, devotes its resources to the acquisition of works and to the activities and organization of the Biennale. The aims of the Society of Friends of the Arts were, through the acquisition of works of art and the organization of exhibitions, to develop the artistic culture of the region and to make art useful to industry. Until the inauguration of the current building, in Art Deco style, in 1926, the c
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