Museums in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Musée de l'aviation
26200 Montélimar

The European Hunting Aviation Museum, located in Montélimar in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, is a space dedicated to military aviation history. Its location and theme make it a unique place.

Musée des arts et traditions populaires
69430 aux Ardillats

The Marius Audin Museum of Popular Traditions, located in Beaujeu in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, is an ethnological museum founded in 1942. It traces Beaujolais life through rich and varied collections, bearing witness to local crafts, agriculture and traditions.

Musée d'Art contemporain
69400 Villefranche-sur-Saône

The Paul-Dini Museum, housed in an old 19th-century grain hall in Villefranche-sur-Saône, presents works by artists related to the Lyon region and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, from fine arts to contemporary art.

Écomusée
01380 Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon

The Musée départemental de la Bresse, located in Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon, in the Ain, is a museum of society set up in a Bressane farm classified from the 15th to the 19th century, dedicated to rural life and local gastronomy.

Musée des métiers de la soie
69004 Lyon

The House of Canuts, the emblematic Lyon museum of the Croix-Rousse district, traces the history of silk workers and their know-how through looms and collections dedicated to silky industry since the 16th century.

Musée des écrivains célèbres
38100 Grenoble

The Stendhal Museum in Grenoble, located in two 16th-17th century houses, traces the writer's childhood and his family environment in Grenoble. It includes three historic sites and a major literary collection in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Musée de l'architecture et du patrimoine
69008 Lyon

The Cité Musée Tony-Garnier, formerly the Tony-Garnier Urban Museum, is an open-air museum located in Lyon, in the United States, dedicated to Tony Garnier's architecture and its 1930s murals.

Musée des arts et traditions populaires
07660 Lanarce

The inn of Peyrebeille, known as Auberge rouge, is a 19th-century old relay near Lanarce (Ardèche), infamous for a criminal case involving its tenants, the husbands Martin, accused of murders and robberies between 1818 and 1833.