Museums in Vendée

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.

85240 Faymoreau

The Faymoreau mining centre, in Vendée, is a former mining site of active coal from the 19th to the 20th century, now transformed into a museum tracing the industrial and social history of the region.

Écomusée
85270 Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez

The Écomusée de la Bourrine du Bois Juquaud, in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez (Vendée), is a museum dedicated to the traditional habitat of the Breton-Vendéan Marais, restoring the rural life of the 19th and 20th centuries in a preserved natural setting.

85310 La Chaize-le-Vicomte

The Charles-Payraudeau Ornithological Museum, located in La Chaize-le-Vicomte in Vendée, houses a rich collection of birds and molluscs bequeathed in 1868. This museum labeled 'Musée de France' offers a unique naturalistic journey.

Musée de la Révolution et de la Chouannerie
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.

Musée d'Art contemporain
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.

85600 La Boissière-de-Montaigu

The Musée du Nord Vendée, located in the former castle of Montaigu, traces the local life from the Gallo-Roman period to today through objects and works of art.

85330 Noirmoutier-en-l'Île

The Museum of Craft Shipbuilding, located in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île (Pays de la Loire), traces the traditional techniques of naval carpentry and the life of local fishermen in a modern architectural and identity setting.