Museums in Franche-Comté

39260 Charchilla

The Musée du Jouet, located in Moirans-en-Montagne in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, houses a collection of 20,000 pieces retracing 5,000 years of playful history, with antique toys and local industrial creations since 1850.

Musée de la mine
70250 Ronchamp

The Musée de la mine Marcel-Maulini in Ronchamp, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, traces the history of the local coal basin through objects, photos and archives, illustrating the lives of miners and the impact of mining on the region.

39800 Abergement-le-Petit

The municipal museum of Poligny, created in 1860 in the Jura, houses various collections in archaeology, ethnology and paleontology, including dinosaur bones discovered in 1862.

Musée des arts et traditions populaires
70600 Argillières

The departmental museum Albert and Félicie Demard, located in the Château de Champlitte (Haute-Saône), traces the rural life of Burgundy from the 18th to the 20th centuries through interior reconstructions and craft workshops.

Musée de l'automobile
25600 Sochaux

The Peugeot Adventure Museum, located in Sochaux in the Doubs, traces two centuries of industrial and automotive history of the Peugeot brand through vehicles, tools and archives.

Musée d'histoire naturelle et de Paléontologie
25000 Besançon

The Besançon Museum, located in the Citadelle, is a museum of natural history and a public zoological park, illustrating global biodiversity since 1959 in eastern France.

39210 Arlay

The Musée de l'artisan jurassien, located in Baume-les-Messieurs in the Jura, is a space dedicated to ethnology and labeled Museum of France.

39000 Lons-le-Saunier

The Museum of Fine Arts of Lons-le-Saunier, founded in 1817, houses various collections (paintings, sculptures, archaeology) in the Jura, Burgundy-Franche-Comté. It is located in the former Hôtel-Dieu, listed as a historical monument.