Museums in Vendée

85300 Challans

The Milcendeau-Jean Yole Museum, located in Soullans (Vendée), is a museum in France dedicated to the works of the painter Charles Milcendeau, housed in his Marais-Vendée house.

85170 Beaufou

Historial de la Vendée, a modern museum inaugurated in 2006 in Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne, explores the history of the Vendee through various collections and an architecture integrated into the rural landscape.

85200 Auchay-sur-Vendée

The Musée de Fontenay-le-Comte, located in Fontenay-le-Comte in Vendée (Land of the Loire), is a museum of art and local history created in 1875, home to archaeological, ethnological and artistic collections of the South Vendea.

Museum of Art and Local History
85330 Noirmoutier-en-l'Île

The Château de Noirmoutier, a 12th century medieval castle on the island of Noirmoutier-en-l'Île in Vendée, now houses a historical museum in its 20-metre high dungeon.

Museum of Contemporary Art
85180 Les Sables-d'Olonne

Modern and contemporary art museum housed in an ancient Benedictine abbey of the seventeenth century, in the Sables-d'Olonne. Pioneer of art in France since 1963.

War Museum 14-18
85390 Mouilleron-en-Pareds

The Clemenceau-de-Lattre National Museum in Mouleron-en-Pareds (Vendée) celebrates two major figures of the 20th century: Georges Clemenceau and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, natives of the village, through their childhood homes and historical collections.

Automotive Museum
85440 Talmont-Saint-Hilaire

The Musée automobile de Vendée, located in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire in Pays de la Loire, exhibits more than 160 old vehicles and period advertisements in a space of 3,300 m2, tracing the history of automobiles since 1885.

Museum of Revolution and Chouannery
85170 Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne

Historial de la Vendée is a modern museum retracing 7,000 years of history, located in Lucs-sur-Boulogne in Pays de la Loire. Inaugurated in 2006, it combines heritage collections and immersive scenography.