Museums in Aquitaine

Musée de géologie et des volcans
33650 Saucats

The Saucats-La Brède Nature Reserve, classified in 1982 as Gironde, protects 6 major geological sites of the Miocene, including the stratotypes of the Aquitanian and Burdigalian, in the heart of the Landes forest.

Musée des Arts de la ville
64100 Bayonne

The Bonnat-Helleu Museum, located in Bayonne, New Aquitaine, is a 19th-century museum of fine arts with major collections of paintings, drawings and sculptures, including works by Léon Bonnat and Paul Helleu.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
64200 Biarritz

Biarritz Historical Museum is a monument located in the town of Biarritz, New Aquitaine, with no defined period. It bears witness to the local heritage.

Musée d'Art provenant de collections privées
64000 Pau

The Bernadotte Museum, housed in an 18th-century bourgeois house in Pau, traces the life of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, an Empire Marshal who became king of Sweden and Norway.

33330 Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes

The Musée d'histoire et d'archéologie, located in Saint-Émilion en Gironde, is an establishment labeled Musée de France. It traces the local heritage in a preserved historical setting.

47500 Blanquefort-sur-Briolance

The municipal museum of Sauveterre-la-Lémance, in New Aquitaine, exhibits mesolithic archaeological discoveries, including the Sauveterrian. Set in a 19th century communal hall, it illustrates the evolution of prehistoric hunting techniques.

Musée d'histoire de France
64000 Pau

Château de Pau, listed as a historical monument in 1840, is a medieval building transformed into a Renaissance palace located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Former residence of the kings of Navarre, it now houses a national museum dedicated to Henry IV, born between its walls in 1553.

Musée d'Archéologie et d'Antiquité
47300 Villeneuve-sur-Lot

The Eysses Archaeological Museum in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, New Aquitaine, is a place dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of historical objects in a local heritage setting.