Museums in the Eastern Pyrenees

Musée de Peinture
66190 Collioure

The Collioure Museum of Modern Art, housed in Villa Pams, exhibits modern and contemporary works in an exceptional Mediterranean setting, in Occitanie.

Musée des instruments de musique
66400 Céret

The Musée de la Musique de Céret, located in the Pyrénées-Orientales, is a museum dedicated to musical instruments, installed in the former hospital Saint-Pierre built in 1649.

Musée de sculpture
66330 Cabestany

The Master of Cabestany is a Romanesque sculpture centre in Cabestany (Occitanie), dedicated to an anonymous 12th century sculptor, famous for his religious works scattered throughout Europe.

Musée du monde paysan
66800 Sainte-Léocadie

The Cerdagne Museum, housed in the 18th-century Cal Mateu farm in Sainte-Leocadie (Occitanie), illustrates the traditional Cerdanian architecture and its history linked to the Franco-Spanish border.

Musée des arts et traditions populaires
66700 Argelès-sur-Mer

La Casa de l'Albera is a heritage house located in Argelès-sur-Mer, Occitanie, dedicated to the enhancement of the local territory and its history.

Musée des Artistes peintres célèbres
66200 Elne

The Terrus Museum of Elne is a cultural monument located in Elne, Occitanie. This emblematic place of the city houses artistic and historical collections, reflecting the local heritage in a preserved setting.

66000 Perpignan

The archaeological museum of Ruscino, located in Perpignan in Occitanie, presents the remains of the ancient city of Ruscino, capital of the Roussillon plain, explored since the 18th century.

Musée de la résistance et de la déportation
66600 Rivesaltes

The Memorial of the Camp de Rivesaltes, located in the Pyrénées-Orientales in Occitanie, is a memorial dedicated to civilians interned between 1939 and 2007, including Spanish refugees, Jews, Gypsies, Harkis and migrants. Inaugurated in 2015, it reflects a painful past of the twentieth century.