Museums in the Nièvre

Musée d'Archéologie et d'Antiquité
58210 Beuvron

The Auguste-Grasset Museum in Varzy, located in the Nièvre in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is a 19th-century cabinet of curiosities with varied archaeological, artistic and ethnographic collections, mainly from the collector Auguste Grasset.

Musée des hommes d'état et des Présidents
58120 Château-Chinon (Ville)

The Musée du Septennat, in Château-Chinon (Nièvre), presents official gifts received by François Mitterrand during his two presidential mandates (1981-1995), in a former 18th-century convent in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Musée de la mine
58260 La Machine

The Musée de la mine de La Machine, labeled Musée de France, traces the history of the Nivernais coal basin through collections, reconstructions and testimonies, in the city that was shaped by two centuries of coal mining.

Musée de la poterie
58310 Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye

The Musée du Grès in Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, located in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, exhibits collections of traditional and contemporary pottery, linked to the school of Jean Carriès, in a historical setting close to the local castle.

Musée des écrivains célèbres
58500 Clamecy

The Roman Art and History Museum Rolland, housed in a 17th-century hotel in Clamecy, Nièvre, traces local history, archaeology and celebrates the writer Romain Rolland, born in this house labeled Maisons des Illustres.

Musée de la résistance et de la déportation
58360 Saint-Honoré-les-Bains

The Musée de la Résistance Georges Perraudin, in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté), preserves thousands of rare documents of the Second World War in the former Guet hotel, emblematic of the Niverese resistance.

58150 Garchy

The Ernest Guedon Museum, located in Pouilly-sur-Loire in Nièvre, is a museum labeled Museum of France dedicated to natural sciences and archaeology, in the heart of Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Musée du bateau et de la batellerie
58200 Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

The Musée de la Loire, located in the former convent of Augustins in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (Burgogne-Franche-Comté), combines fine arts and river ethnography since 1900. Labeled the Musée de France, it traces the history of the mariners and exhibits works by the École de Paris.