Museums in Indre-et-Loire

Musée des écrivains célèbres
37190 Saché

The Château de Saché, a 19th-century Renaissance home, houses the Balzac Museum. Located in Touraine, it was the creative refuge of the writer between 1825 and 1848, in the heart of the inspiring landscapes of the Indre Valley.

37000 Tours

The Musée des vins de Touraine, located in Tours in the Centre-Val de Loire, is a thematic museum dedicated to the history of vineyards and wine, installed in ancient vaulted cellars of the 12th century.

37340 Ambillou

The Savignéen Museum, located in Savigné-sur-Lathan in Indre-et-Loire, is a paleontological and historical museum created in 1974, rich in fossils and local collections.

Musée de chanteur ou d'acteur
37290 Yzeures-sur-Creuse

The Mado Robin Museum in Yzeures-sur-Creuse is a lyrical art museum dedicated to the local singer, located in the Centre-Val de Loire. He exhibits his costumes, posters and souvenirs in a reconstructed scenographic setting.

37500 Anché

The Rabelais Museum, housed in the author's presumed home in Seuilly (Indre-et-Loire), is a place dedicated to 16th century literature and local history, surrounded by vineyards and historical cellars.

Musée d'Archéologie gallo-romaine
37290 Yzeures-sur-Creuse

The Mining Museum in Yzeures-sur-Creuse is an archaeological museum exhibited in Indre-et-Loire, presenting Gallo-Roman remains of the third century from a medieval church demolished in 1895.

Musée de l'artisanat d'Art et du compagnonnage
37000 Tours

The Musée du Compagnonnage de Tours, located in the former Saint-Julien Abbey, exhibits artisanal masterpieces and companion archives in the heart of Tours, in the Centre-Val de Loire.

37600 Beaulieu-lès-Loches

The Lansyer Museum, housed in the former residence of the painter Emmanuel Lansyer in Loches (Indre-et-Loire), exhibits his 19th century works and collections in a preserved setting.