Museums in Vendée

Écomusée
85550 La Barre-de-Monts

L'Écomusée du maris vendéen : Le Daviaud, created in 1982 at La Barre-de-Monts, is an open-air museum on 75 hectares dedicated to local natural and historical heritage.

85680 La Guérinière

The Museum of Traditions in La Guérinière, Vendée, preserves collections of 20th century island objects, furniture and costumes, bearing witness to the daily life of the island of Noirmoutier.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.