Editing Cambrai (section)

===Cultural heritage===
[[File:Théâtre Cambrai.JPG|thumb|The theatre of Cambrai, between the National Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art and the chapel of the old Saint-Julien Hospital]]

The [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Cambrai]] opened in 1847 to present revolutionary seizures, has been installed since 1893 in a mansion of the 18th century, the Hotel de Francqueville. Renovated in 1994, it has three departments (archaeology, fine arts and heritage of Cambrai) on {{convert|4300|m2|sqft}} of which the most important is that of art. It presents Flemish and Dutch paintings from the 17th century and French artists of the 19th and 20th century. A recent donation also allowed it to present a collection of geometric [[Abstraction (art)|abstraction]]s of the second half of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://villedecambrai.com/index.php?id=1296|title = Musée|work =le site de la ville de Cambrai}}</ref>

The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art still officially retains its label "[[Musée de France]]",<ref group=note>Label renewed by Ministerial Decree of 17 September 2003</ref> although it was closed to the public in 1975. This private museum is managed by the diocese, which is looking for ways to reopen the collections to the public. The items of this collection may be the subject of loans for temporary exhibitions and include objects from the archaeological excavations of the city of Cambrai, architectural elements, sculpture, paintings, pieces of jewellery and liturgical ornaments.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.liturgiecatholique.fr/Musee-diocesain-d-Art-Sacre-du.html|title = Musée diocésain d'Art Sacré de Cambrai|work = portail de la liturgie catholique| date=23 June 2023 }}</ref> This museum's history began in 1926 when Monseignor {{Interlanguage link multi|Jean-Arthur Chollet|fr|3=Jean-Arthur Chollet|lt=Chollet}}, Archbishop of Cambrai, established a commission of religious history and sacred art aimed to inventory and preserve the archives and movable heritage of the diocese. Canon Cyrille Thelliez became secretary. In 1958, many religious objects from the diocese were gathered together and Thelliez founded the Diocesan Museum, the first religious art museum opened in France. The museum was installed in the former chapel of the Grand Seminary.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://villedecambrai.com/index.php?id=1296|title = Un service diocésain de la conservation du patrimoine: l'exemple du diocèse de Cambrai (Nord)|author = Caroline Biencourt|date = 22 July 2009|work =In Situ, revue des patrimoines}}</ref>

The Théâtre de Cambrai was built in 1924 by the architect {{Interlanguage link multi|Pierre Leprince-Ringuet|fr}}, on the site of a chapel of the 16th century which was destroyed during [[World War I]]. The chapel had been abandoned for 25 years when its rehabilitation was undertaken in 1999. The renovated theatre was inaugurated in 2003. It is an Italian theatre of 700 seats which hosts various performances, including those of the ''Scènes mitoyennes'' [Adjoining Stages] association and the {{Interlanguage link multi|Festival Juventus|fr|3=Festival Juventus|lt=Juventus classical music festival}}.

The ''Palais des grottes'' [Mansion of Caves] situated in the public garden, is a large multi-purpose hall with a capacity of 1,500 people and which can accommodate concerts, (including the {{Interlanguage link multi|BetiZFest|fr}}), fairs or exhibitions. Its remarkable roof shape, formed of a [[paraboloid|hyperbolic paraboloid]] (or "saddle"), was built in 1974 by then-advanced techniques and demonstrates a concrete form of architecture in the 20th century.<ref group=a>pp.216–217</ref>

The media library is a classified municipal library:<ref>
{{cite web|url = http://www.mediathequedecambrai.fr|title = page d'accueil|work =le site de la médiathèque de Cambrai}}</ref> It has an important old [[fonds]], with 956 manuscripts, the oldest dating back to the 7th century, from the confiscations made during the revolutionary era to religious communities, very important in the city, and emigrants of the region. This fonds was subsequently enriched by gifts, bequests and purchases.<ref>
{{cite web|url = http://www.numerique.culture.fr/mpf/pub-fr/document.html?id=FR-DC-B591226101_001|title = Enluminures médiévales de la bibliothèque municipale de Cambrai|work = catalogue national Patrimoine numérique|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720213756/http://www.numerique.culture.fr/mpf/pub-fr/document.html?id=FR-DC-B591226101_001|archive-date = 2011-07-20}}</ref> In 1975, it was one of the first institutions to adopt the title of "media library". It is divided into four services: Youth, adults, library and local history and old books.

Cambrai has a national school of music and dramatic arts<ref>
{{cite web|url = http://www.agglo-cambrai.fr/fr/vie-communautaire/conservatoire/presentation.html|title = Présentation du conservatoire|work = Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100803015510/http://www.agglo-cambrai.fr/fr/vie-communautaire/conservatoire/presentation.html|archive-date = 2010-08-03}}</ref> which obtained the ''Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental'' label in 2007.