Museums in the Atlantic Pyrenees

Musée d'Art provenant de collections privées
64000 Pau

The Bernadotte Museum, housed in an 18th-century bourgeois house in Pau, traces the life of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, an Empire Marshal who became king of Sweden and Norway.

Musée d'histoire de France
64000 Pau

Château de Pau, listed as a historical monument in 1840, is a medieval building transformed into a Renaissance palace located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Former residence of the kings of Navarre, it now houses a national museum dedicated to Henry IV, born between its walls in 1553.

Musée des Arts de la ville
64100 Bayonne

The Bonnat-Helleu Museum, located in Bayonne, New Aquitaine, is a 19th-century museum of fine arts with major collections of paintings, drawings and sculptures, including works by Léon Bonnat and Paul Helleu.

Musée d'histoire naturelle et de Paléontologie
64100 Bayonne

The Bayonne Museum of Natural History, founded in 1856, is a space dedicated to natural sciences located in the Ansot Plain, New Aquitaine, housing regional collections in botany and zoology.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
64100 Bayonne

The Basque and History Museum of Bayonne, housed in a 16th century bourgeois house, presents a rich ethnographic and historical collection dedicated to the Basque Country, in the heart of Bayonne in New Aquitaine.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
64200 Biarritz

Biarritz Historical Museum is a monument located in the town of Biarritz, New Aquitaine, with no defined period. It bears witness to the local heritage.

Musée du chocolat et de la gourmandise
64200 Biarritz

The Biarritz Chocolate Museum is a space dedicated to the history and culture of chocolate, located in the seaside town of Biarritz, New Aquitaine.

Musée du protestantisme
64300 Orthez

The Jeanne d'Albret Museum, housed in a 16th-century residence in Orthez, traces the history of the Belarusian Protestantism. This historic monument, linked to Queen Jeanne d'Albret, combines Renaissance architecture and religious heritage.