Museums in Vendée

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.

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.

Musée
85000 La Roche-sur-Yon

The Musée SIMCA Yonnais de La Roche-sur-Yon, located in Pays de la Loire, is a space dedicated to local automotive history. This iconic monument is located in the city of La Roche-sur-Yon.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
85000 Mouilleron-le-Captif

The municipal museum of La Roche-sur-Yon, labeled Musée de France, is an art museum located in Vendée, specializing in fine arts, contemporary photography and sales collections from the 19th to the 21st century.

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.

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 et d'histoire locale
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.

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.