Museums in Franche-Comté

Musée des arts et traditions populaires
70440 Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert

The departmental mountain museum, located in Château-Lambert in Haute-Saône, is an open-air ecomuseum that recreates traditional houses of the Saônoese Vosges, inaugurated in 1978.

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.

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 de l'horlogerie et de la lunette
25000 Besançon

The Museum of Time, installed in the Granvelle Palace in Besançon, is a 16th century museum of history and watchmaking, symbol of the French capital watchmaking in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Musée d'Archéologie et d'Antiquité
39300 Champagnole

The Museum of Archaeology of Champagnole, located in the Jura, exhibits collections from local excavations (1965-1992), notably merovingian and Gallo-Roman, under municipal and departmental management.

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 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.

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.