Museums in New Aquitaine

Musée d'Art provenant de collections privées
64000 Pau

The Bernadotte Museum, housed in an 18th-century bourgeois house in Pau, traces the life of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, an Empire Marshal who became king of Sweden and Norway.

Musée de la mer et de la pêche
17370 Le Grand-Village-Plage

The natural pole of the Port des Salines, in Grand-Village-Plage on the island of Oléron, is an ecomuseum and reconstituted salt marsh dedicated to the artisanal history of sea salt, integrated into a preserved natural space.

Exposition temporaire
87000 Limoges

The Pavillon du Verdurier, an octagonal reinforced concrete building of 1919 in Limoges, is a former covered market transformed into an exhibition hall, classified as a historical monument in 1975.

Musée de géologie et des volcans
33650 Saucats

The Saucats-La Brède Nature Reserve, classified in 1982 as Gironde, protects 6 major geological sites of the Miocene, including the stratotypes of the Aquitanian and Burdigalian, in the heart of the Landes forest.

Musée d'histoire de France
64000 Pau

Château de Pau, listed as a historical monument in 1840, is a medieval building transformed into a Renaissance palace located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Former residence of the kings of Navarre, it now houses a national museum dedicated to Henry IV, born between its walls in 1553.

Écomusée
79510 Coulon

The Poitevin Marais House, an eco-museum located in Coulon (Deux-Sèvres), traces the history of the Wet Marais and its inhabitants since 1988 in a 16th century seigneurial residence.

Musée de la porcelaine
87000 Limoges

The Adrien-Dubouche National Museum in Limoges, founded in the 19th century, is a museum dedicated to ceramics and porcelain, located in New Aquitaine. It houses 18,000 works ranging from antiquity to today.

33260 La Teste-de-Buch

The Buch Country and Arcachon Basin Museum, located in La Teste-de-Buch in Gironde, traces the local history from the Neolithic through unique archaeological, ethnological and industrial collections.