Museums in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

04300 Dauphin

The Salagon Museum, housed in a Benedictine priory of the 12th–XIXth centuries in Mane (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), combines historical heritage, ethnobotanical gardens and ethnographic collections on Provencal rural life.

Musée de l'immigration et de l'esclavagisme
04230 Ongles

The House of History and Memory of Ongles, opened in 2008 in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, traces the history of the Harki families settled in this village in 1962 after the Algerian war.

Musée des Arts Asiatiques et d'Océanie
04000 Digne-les-Bains

Alexandra David-Néel Museum in Digne-les-Bains is a space dedicated to the explorer, located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. He celebrates his legacy in his hometown.

Musée de la nature et de la faune sauvage
04300 Mane

The Salagon Museum, located in Mane (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), is a Renaissance priory and Romanesque church surrounded by ethnobotanical gardens, valuing Provençal culture through 15,000 objects and 1,700 plant species.

04500 Allemagne-en-Provence

The Departmental Museum of Prehistory, located in Quinson (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), exhibits archaeological collections covering 400,000 years of history, from Paleolithic to Late Antiquity, in a contemporary building designed by Norman Foster.

04300 Forcalquier

The Forcalquier Municipal Museum, housed in a former Recollet convent, has exhibited various collections since 1912, in the heart of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Musée de la Préhistoire
04500 Quinson

The Musée de Préhistoire des gorges du Verdon, located in Quinson (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), is a departmental museum labeled Musée de France, presenting 50 years of local archaeological excavations. Designed by Norman Foster, it traces a million years of human history in Provence.

04500 Allemagne-en-Provence

The archaeological museum of Germany-en-Provence, near Riez, preserves Gallo-Roman lapidary collections. Originally housed in a Baptistery, he will soon be transferred to a private hotel in the old centre.