Museums in Franche-Comté

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
25200 Montbéliard

The Beurnier-Rossel Museum, housed in an 18th century mansion in Montbéliard, traces art, history and traditions of the principality from 1700 to 1900. Ranked as a Historic Monument, it houses furniture, Protestant objects and music boxes LsSword.

Écomusée
70220 Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert

The Écomusée du pays de la cherise, installed in an old distillery of 1829 in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert (Haute-Saône), traces the history of the distillation of kirsch and rural life in the 19th century in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Musée d'Art moderne
90000 Belfort

The Musée d'art moderne de Belfort, located in the territory of Belfort in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, exhibits major works of the twentieth century from the donation Maurice-Jardot, including Picasso, Braque and Léger.

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.

90000 Belfort

The Cabinet d'un amateur - donation Maurice Jardot à Belfort is a museum space dedicated to modern art of the twentieth century, housing 112 works in a historic house of poet Léon Deubel, transformed into a cultural setting in 1999.

Musée d'Archéologie et d'Antiquité
25200 Montbéliard

The Museum of Archaeology and Natural History of Montbéliard, housed in the medieval castle of the city, celebrates Georges Cuvier and exhibits regional paleontological and archaeological collections since 1937.

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.

39110 Abergement-lès-Thésy

The Musée de la Grande Saline, in Salins-les-Bains (Jura), is a former salt production site operated since the eighth century, testifying to 1,200 years of industrial history in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.