Museums in the Finistère

29600 Morlaix

The Musée des Jacobins, located in a former abbey in Morlaix, Brittany, houses various collections ranging from archaeology to contemporary art, reflecting local and regional history since 1887.

Musée des alcools et spiritueux
29000 Quimper

The Musée de l'alambic de Quimper, located in the Breton city of Quimper, is a monument dedicated to the history and techniques of distillation, without any specific period identified.

Musée de la mer et de la pêche
29730 Guilvinec

Haliotika is a fishing area located in Guilvinec, Brittany. This contemporary monument highlights local maritime traditions in a modern setting.

Musée de la Marine
29200 Brest

The National Marine Museum of Brest, located in the castle of the city, traces the French maritime history and the local arsenal since the seventeenth century. Its collections include ships, sculptures and art objects related to the sea.

Musée de la mer et de la pêche
29100 Douarnenez

The Port-Musée de Douarnenez, inaugurated in 1993 in the Finistère, is a maritime museum unique in Brittany, combining conservation of historic boats and exhibition of objects related to fishing, cabotage and pleasure, in the heart of an old cannery of sardines.

Musée des arts et traditions populaires
29000 Quimper

The Breton departmental museum, housed in the former Palace of the Bishops of Cornwall in Quimper (XVIth–XIXth centuries), presents archaeology, the arts and traditions of Finistère, from Prehistory to the 20th century.

Musée d'Art religieux
29560 Landévennec

The Museum of the Former Abbey of Landévennec, located in Brittany, presents the remains of an abbey founded in the fifth century by Saint Guénolé, one of the oldest in Brittany, and its rich and tormented medieval history.

29242 Ouessant

The Musée des Phares et Balises, located near the Phare du Créac'h in Ouessant, Brittany, traces the technical history of maritime signs since ancient times with unique collections.