Museums in Franche-Comté

Musée d'Archéologie et d'Antiquité
39200 Avignon-lès-Saint-Claude

The Musée de l'Abbaye à Saint-Claude (Jura) is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in the former Abbatial Palace, home to medieval archaeological remains and 19th-century pictorial collections.

Musée de médecine et de chirurgie
39100 Dole

The museum of Pasteur's birthplace, located in Dole in the Jura, is a 16th and 18th century residence dedicated to the memory of the scholar Louis Pasteur, born there in 1822.

Musée de la forge et de la métallurgie
90170 Étueffont

The forge-museum of Étueffont, located in the Territory of Belfort in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is an old family forge transformed into a museum in 1981, tracing four generations of blacksmiths between 1843 and 1977.

Musée de l'énergie et de l'électricité
70600 Champlitte

The Musée départemental des arts et techniques de Champlitte, opened in 1992, presents workshops and shops from the early 20th century in the Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Musée des Artistes peintres célèbres
25290 Cademène

The Courbet Museum in Ornans, located in the home of the painter Gustave Courbet, is a departmental museum dedicated to his work and his artistic entourage, located in the Doubs in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

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 des Métiers du Bois
39220 Bois-d'Amont

The Boisselerie Museum in Bois-d'Amont, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is a place dedicated to local craftsmanship. Its history remains to be discovered in this emblematic village of Jura.

Musée des Beaux-Arts
25000 Besançon

The Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, founded in 1694, is the oldest public museum in France. Set in an old 19th-century grain hall, it houses various collections, from archaeology to modern art, in the heart of Burgundy-Franche-Comté.