{"id":29248,"date":"2021-05-27T12:13:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T10:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/?page_id=29248"},"modified":"2021-05-27T12:52:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T10:52:09","slug":"la-maison-gaudard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hist-geol-unil.ch\/en\/divers\/batiments\/la-maison-gaudard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gaudard house"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The end of the 19th\u00e8me<\/sup> century at the Gaudard house: the teaching of geology and botany joined with their collections the building bought by the State of Vaud in 1874<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>

The Gaudard house, located directly south of the cathedral (fig. 1), was purchased by the State of Vaud in 1874 to house the Department of Public Instruction and Worship (DIPC), the geology and botany collections, and an auditorium for teaching these two subjects (figs. 2 and 3). The exhibits of the geology museum, completed around 1880, were located on the 1er<\/sup> and 2\u00e8me<\/sup> floor on the east side (fig. 4) along rue de la Cath\u00e9drale, while the auditorium, botanical exhibits, and DIPC offices were located on the west wing along rue Saint-Etienne (figs. 1, 2, 3, and 7).<\/p>

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Figure 1: the Gaudard house, and the rue St-Etienne (view taken around 1900).<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Figure 2: This sketch shows what the west wing of the Gaudard house looked like along rue Saint-Etienne in the late 1880s. The upper floor visible here is occupied by the offices of the Department of Public Instruction (DIPC).<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Figure 3: View of the west fa\u00e7ade of the Gaudard house, along rue Saint-Etienne, with the occupation of the premises from 1874 to 1895 (doc. ACV completed).<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Figure 4: View of the north and east facades of the Gaudard house: the exhibitions of the Geology Museum were located on the first and second floors, on the lighted side. The second floor included the room of the preparator and the curator with windows on the cathedral and the two rooms of general and regional geology. On the second floor were the palaeontology and mineralogy exhibits; the storerooms were on the ground floor (the view here dates from the 1930s, well after the departure of the Museums).<\/figcaption><\/figure>

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Renevier,(1894), describes the layout of the exhibits (Figure 5):<\/p>

\" I. General geology room, (on the 1st floor, by entering).<\/p>

1\u00b0 General stratigraphic collection. This collection is contained in three flat glass cases, two of which are on top of chests of drawers. My Tableau des terrains s\u00e9dimentaires runs between the two windows.<\/p>

2\u00b0 Petrogenic collection. This collection of more than 1500 samples is relegated to closed cabinets, where it occupies about 40 drawers.<\/p>

3\u00b0 Cretaceous fossils of the country: in these showcases are only the most remarkable specimens, well determined and mounted.<\/p>

4\u00b0 Geotechnical collection partly displayed in a flat glass case under the large windows and the surplus in the drawers below. The big pieces are installed on the opposite cabinets and elsewhere.<\/p>

5\u00b0 Morphological collection of which some remarkable pieces are exposed in a small special showcase, and the rest kept in drawers.<\/p>

  1. Room of regional geology (second room of the 1st floor).<\/li><\/ol>

    1\u00b0 Collections of the Western Alps exposed in a small showcase against the south wall and 72 drawers of closed cabinets. The large pieces of these various series are placed above the cabinets. The Nummulitic series of the Diablerets, etc., located under the large windows, in a flat display case.<\/p>

    2\u00b0 Collections du Jura m\u00e9ridional is exposed in the window of the sideboard on the left when entering.<\/p>

    Large pieces are located above the side cabinets.<\/p>

    3\u00b0 Collection of the Mollassic Region. Exhibition, in the showcases in the center of the room. Palm leaves and other large pieces are installed outside, on each side of the entrance. In the drawers of the chests under the showcases are the local series.<\/p>

    4\u00b0 Modern formations of the country, consisting mainly of fossil bones from palafites, peat bogs, caves, gravels, etc., as well as glacial polishes, tuffs, etc., exhibited in a special display case at the SE corner of the room.\"<\/p>

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    Figure 5: plan of the second floor (doc. ACV), whose layout we specify.<\/figcaption><\/figure>

    \"III. Paleontology room (on the second floor, by entering, figure 6).<\/p>

    1\u00b0 The fossil mammals are grouped in the center of the room in a main cage, and two additional cages (showcases).<\/p>

    2\u2033 Birds, Reptiles and Fishes mainly occupy the display cases applied against the north wall of the room.<\/p>

    3\u2033 To the right and left of the entrance, two glass cases applied to the wall contain Cephalopods and Pelecypods.<\/p>

    4\u00b0 Gastropods and Brachiopods have also been reworked recently, and installed in two flat display cases, on each side of the central cage.<\/p>

    6\u2033 Coelenterates and Protozoa, occupy a right-hand display case against the south wall of the Paleontology room.<\/p>

    7\u00b0 Finally, the Fossil Plants occupy, between the Coelenterates and the window, a showcase which contains several interesting pieces.<\/p>

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    1. Mineralogy room (second room).<\/li><\/ol>

      1\u2033 General collection of Mineralogy, displayed in 12 straight glass cases, all around the room. Right next to it the Geological Map of Russia.<\/p>

      2\u00b0 Minerals of the country, classified by natural regions, in a special showcase near the windows.<\/p>

      3\u2033 Minerals and Rocks of the Urals displayed in the glass cases of the general collection; the rest are contained in a 24-drawer cabinet to the right of the entrance.\"<\/p>

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      Figure 6: second floor plan (doc. LCA) with layout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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      Figure 7: Paving and layout of the Cathedral Square with a new entrance to the Gaudard house, better centered and with steps (1887).<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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      Figure 8: A cross-section shows the organization and access to the floors here referred to as the lower, upper, and upper floors. A spiral staircase allows, from the entrance at St. Etienne Street No. 7, access to the lower floors, with the auditorium, collections and exhibitions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>

      In the 1880s, the reserves of the geology collections, which were increasing rapidly, were stored in the attic of the Gaudard building. In 1888, the DIPC asked for the liberation of two attic rooms to house the botany preparator. In 1889, the DIPC provided the Geology Museum with new premises, one in the attic and two on the ground floor (lower level). The preparator's and curator's offices were moved to the lower floor. In 1991, an assistant preparer came to help the preparer, Dr. Bertschinger. In 1893, Dr. Bertschinger resigned due to illness and died a few months later. He was replaced by Henri Lador who moved to the preparation rooms on the lower floor.<\/p>

      \u00a0In 1895, the botany museum and its collections moved to the Department of Agriculture building in the Cit\u00e9; the geology institute and museum were then able to expand by occupying the vacated premises. The reorganization lasted nearly three years, with, in 1987, a new room for paleontology and then a room with mineralogy and paleontology collections. On the lower floor, after the reorganization of the storerooms and reserves, a laboratory was built that also served as a study for Dr. M. Lugeon and four work tables for researchers and doctoral students (Fig. 9).<\/p>

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      Figure 9: plan of the lower floor (doc. ACV) with the installations of the Institute and the Museum of Geology from 1889 and 1896, which moved to the Palais de Rumine in 1905.<\/figcaption><\/figure>

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