Museums in the Somme

80000 Amiens

The Amiens Museum of Natural History, located in the Hauts-de-France, houses collections reconstructed after 1940, exhibited at the Picardie Museum since 2020.

Musée de la guerre 14-18
80300 Authuille

Thiepval Memorial Museum, located in Authuille (Somme), is a 20th-century memorial dedicated to soldiers who disappeared during the Battle of the Somme (1916). This Franco-British memorial, designed by Edwin Lutyens, dominates a military cemetery and interpretation centre.

Musée de la guerre 14-18
80300 Ovillers-la-Boisselle

The Lochnagar crater in Ovillers-la-Boisselle (Hauts-de-France) is an emblematic vestige of the Battle of the Somme (1916), formed by the explosion of a British mine. This place of memory, classified as a historic monument, bears witness to the fighting of the First World War.

Écomusée
80230 Saint-Valery-sur-Somme

The Écomusée Picarvie in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, located in the Hauts-de-France, is a place dedicated to the preservation and valorisation of local heritage and traditional Picard life.

Musée de la guerre 14-18
80300 Albert

The museum Somme 1916, in Albert, Hautes-de-France, is an underground museum dedicated to the First World War, housed in a 250-metre-long anti-aircraft shelter, tracing the lives of soldiers during the Battle of the Somme.

Musée de la guerre 14-18
80200 Péronne

The Castle of Peronne, a 13th century medieval castle in the Somme, now houses the Historial of the Great War. His towers and courtesies, classified in 1924, testify to his military and royal past.

Musée d'Art contemporain
80000 Amiens

The Fonds régional d'art contemporain de Picardie, located in Amiens en Hauts-de-France, is a space dedicated to modern and contemporary art in the Picardy region.

Musée d'Art provenant de collections privées
80135 Saint-Riquier

The Musée départemental de Saint-Riquier, located in the municipality of the same name in Hauts-de-France, is a cultural monument whose exact period remains undetermined.