Museums in the Doubs

Musée de l'architecture et du patrimoine
25360 Adam-lès-Passavant

The Musée de Plein Air des Maisons Comtoisses, in Nancray (Doubs), is a 16-hectare eco-museum featuring 35 typical rural buildings in Franche-Comté, built between 1983 and 1988 to illustrate local life from 1770 to 1950.

Musée des Beaux-Arts
25000 Besançon

The Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, founded in 1694, is the oldest public museum in France. Set in an old 19th-century grain hall, it houses various collections, from archaeology to modern art, in the heart of Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Musée d'Archéologie et d'Antiquité
25200 Montbéliard

The Museum of Archaeology and Natural History of Montbéliard, housed in the medieval castle of the city, celebrates Georges Cuvier and exhibits regional paleontological and archaeological collections since 1937.

25000 Besançon

The Museum of Natural History of Besançon, installed in the citadel of Vauban, combines living zoology and naturalized collections in Burgundy-Franche-Comté since 1959.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
25200 Montbéliard

The Beurnier-Rossel Museum, housed in an 18th century mansion in Montbéliard, traces art, history and traditions of the principality from 1700 to 1900. Ranked as a Historic Monument, it houses furniture, Protestant objects and music boxes LsSword.

Musée du monde paysan
25700 Valentigney

The Musée de la Paysanerie et des Vieux Métiers de Valentigney, located in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region, is an area dedicated to the preservation of local rural and artisanal traditions.

25000 Besançon

The Comtois Museum, located in the Citadel of Besançon, is a regional ethnographic museum founded in 1948, dedicated to rural and social life of the 19th and 20th centuries in Franche-Comté.

Musée d'histoire naturelle et de Paléontologie
25000 Besançon

The Besançon Museum, located in the Citadelle, is a museum of natural history and a public zoological park, illustrating global biodiversity since 1959 in eastern France.