Museums in the North

Musée de la mer et de la pêche
59140 Dunkerque

The Dunkirk Port Museum, housed in a former tobacco warehouse in 1868, traces the city's maritime and port history through professional collections and historical boats, including the three-mast Duchess Anne.

Musée des Beaux-Arts
59140 Dunkerque

The Dunkirk Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1841, is an encyclopaedic museum located in the Hauts-de-France, rich in Flemish paintings and various collections, closed since 2015 for renovation.

Musée d'Art provenant de collections privées
59270 Bailleul

The Benoît-De-Puydt Museum in Bailleul, Hauts-de-France, is a museum of art and history founded in 1859, with eclectic collections reflecting Flemish culture from the 15th to the 19th century.

Musée de la résistance et de la déportation
59910 Bondues

The Bondues Resistance Museum, located in the Hauts-de-France, is a place dedicated to the memory of the French Resistance during the Second World War.

59400 Cambrai

The diocesan museum of sacred art in Cambrai, located in the Hauts-de-France, is a religious museum founded in 1946, dedicated to the preservation of historical liturgical and artistic objects, originally installed in the former room of the revolutionary court of the Jesuit College.

Musée des Arts de la ville
59500 Douai

The Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai, housed in a former 17th-century convent, houses more than 10,000 works of European art, from medieval times to modern times, in the city of Douai, in the Hauts-de-France region.

Musée d'histoire naturelle et de Paléontologie
59000 Lille

The Lille Museum of Natural History, founded in 1822, houses zoological, geological, ethnographic and industrial collections in a historical building in Lille's university district, in the Hauts-de-France region.

Musée de l'école et de l'enseignement
59650 Villeneuve-d'Ascq

The Musée de l'École de Villeneuve-d'Ascq, housed in an old school of 1883, traces the school life of the 1930s-1960s through educational objects and archives.