Museums in the Cher

Musée du tracteur et du matériel agricole
18100 Vierzon

Former industrial factory of the late 19th and early 20th century in Vierzon, in the Centre-Val de Loire, emblematic of French agricultural history. Turned into a museum, it preserves remarkable historical buildings.

Musée d'Art provenant de collections privées
18000 Bourges

The Hotel Lallemant, a Renaissance jewel of Bourges (Centre-Val de Loire), is a mansion from the early 16th century, combining Gothic style and Italian influences. Ranked a historic monument in 1840, it now houses the Museum of Decorative Arts.

18500 Allouis

The Charles VII Castle Museum, housed in a restored medieval dungeon, is located in Mehun-sur-Yèvre (Dear). It houses archaeological collections and decorative arts, including historic porcelain and earthenware.

Musée de l'automobile
18510 Menetou-Salon

The Musée de l'automobile à Menetou-Salon is a space dedicated to the history of cars, located in the municipality of Menetou-Salon, in the Centre-Val de Loire region.

Musée d'histoire de France
18000 Bourges

The Palais Jacques-Coeur, a flamboyant 15th-century Gothic mansion in Bourges, is a civil architectural gem of the Centre-Val de Loire region, witness to the power of its sponsor, Grand Argentier de France.

18100 Méry-sur-Cher

The municipal museum of Vierzon, in the Centre-Val de Loire, traces the local industrial history of the 19th and 20th centuries, including porcelain, glass and the railway, in an ancient industrial site emblematic.

Musée lapidaire
18000 Bourges

The Berry Museum, located in Bourges in the Centre-Val de Loire region, is a historical and archaeological museum closed since 2021, housing collections ranging from Prehistory to the 19th century in the Hotel Cujas, a Renaissance building.

Musée d'histoire naturelle et de Paléontologie
18000 Bourges

The Bourges Museum of Natural History, created in 1927, is a municipal museum dedicated to zoology, botany and geology, located in the Cher in the Centre-Val de Loire. It houses rare collections like the Hans elephant and specializes in the study of bats.