Museums in Les Deux-Sèvres

79000 Bessines

The Bessines Natural History Museum, integrated with the Bernard d'Agesci Museum in Niort (New Aquitaine), gathers scientific and artistic collections inherited from revolutionary confiscations and local donations since the 18th century.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
79200 Parthenay

The Georges Turpin Municipal Museum is a museum located in Parthenay, New Aquitaine, with no specified historical period. It bears the name of a local figure.

79800 Avon

The Tumulus Museum, located in Bougon (Deux-Sèvres), is a modern archaeological museum dedicated to the megalithic monuments of the Fifth Millennium and Atlantic Prehistory, integrated into a preserved site with necropolis and educational path.

79300 Boismé

The Bressuire Municipal Museum, created in 1972 in Les Deux-Sèvres, exhibits local collections and fire arts, including Saint-Porchaire's historic ceramics and Max Ingrand's works.

Musée des Arts de la ville
79100 Thouars

The Henri-Barré Museum, housed in a 1862 neo-Gothic mansion in Thouars (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), houses various collections from the legacy of the Barré brothers and local history, mixing archaeology, fine arts and ethnography.

Écomusée
79510 Coulon

The Poitevin Marais House, an eco-museum located in Coulon (Deux-Sèvres), traces the history of the Wet Marais and its inhabitants since 1988 in a 16th century seigneurial residence.

79000 Bessines

The Bernard d'Agesci Museum, located in Niort, New Aquitaine, is a cultural space bringing together fine arts, natural history and educational heritage in a former neo-classical high school transformed in 2006.

Musée d'Art contemporain
79100 Oiron

Oiron Castle, located in New Aquitaine, houses a collection of contemporary art called Curios & Mirabilia. This emblematic monument is located in the town of Oiron, without a specified historical period.