Museums in the Sarthe

72500 Beaumont-Pied-de-Bœuf

Former municipal museum of Château-du-Loir, closed in 1968, housing various collections (beaux-arts, archaeology, ethnography) in the Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.

72120 Conflans-sur-Anille

The Bibliothèque-musée de Conflans-sur-Anille, inaugurated in 1889, is a multipurpose building housing city hall, theatre and various collections, located in the Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.

Musée de l'automobile
72000 Le Mans

The Museum of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, formerly the Sarthe automotive museum, is a space dedicated to car racing, located near the mythical circuit of Le Mans in Pays de la Loire. It houses more than 120 competition vehicles and traces the history of the 24 Hours.

Musée d'histoire naturelle et de Paléontologie
72000 Le Mans

The Musée Vert, a museum of natural history in Le Mans, housed in an old school of the late 19th century, houses scientific and historical collections since 1792, in the Pays de la Loire.

Musée des Beaux-Arts
72000 Le Mans

The Tesse Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts of Mans, is housed in an ancient 19th-century Episcopal Palace. It houses various collections, including an important Egyptian section and European paintings from the 14th to the 20th century.

Musée du Moyen Âge
72000 Le Mans

The Plantagenet Square, the museum of archaeology and history of Maine, is located in Le Mans in a former medieval convent. It traces the local history of Prehistory in the Middle Ages through archaeological collections and remains.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
72000 Le Mans

The Queen Berengère Museum, located in Le Mans in the city of Plantagenêt, is a collection of wooded houses dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, classified as a historical monument. Former bourgeois housing, it was transformed into a museum before its closure in 2022, illustrating Renaissance architecture and the art of living.

Musée-Bibliothèque
72120 Saint-Calais

The Musée-Bibliothèque de Saint-Calais, home to an ancient foundation, is located in the city of Saint-Calais, in the Pays de la Loire region. This cultural site preserves historical documentary heritage.