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About Morville

Morville-sur-Sarthe is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme (French for "Museum of Jewish Art and History") is a museum located at 11 rue du Temple, Paris, France. It houses an art collection owned by the Consistoire Israélite de France that was created from 1806 to 1860 as part of Napoleon's effort to record French history through its artistic heritage. The museum opened on June 5, 1895 with collections that included works by artists such as Jacques Stella and Antoine Watteau who had lived or worked among Jews during their careers; it also displayed objects related to Judaism or used within Jewish homes including ritual objects such as menorahs and torah arks (arkas).