Centre International Du Vitrail, Chartres

Wonderful gem in Chartres! The ground floor show medieval stained glass that has been restored with detailed explanation of the process as well as the context of the imagery. Highlight of the main exhibit are the reproductions of the cathedral’s glass which is accompanied by detail explanations of each piece. Downstairs displays more contemporary stained glass art.

I think most people have missed this nice museum to visit in Chartres. They have good description to the iconography of each object, as well as good video of the technique of making color glass. More worthy to see are their medieval objects of color glasses. The contemporary exhibition downstairs is interesting. In their yard there was an catto seems on alert to the visitors, which made the visit quite “medieval”.