Museums in Poitou-Charente

Musée d'histoire naturelle et de Paléontologie
17000 La Rochelle

The Natural History Museum of La Rochelle, housed in an 18th century mansion, houses exceptional scientific and ethnographic collections, including France's oldest natural history firm.

86100 Antran

The Musée de l'auto, de la moto et du vélo in Châtellerault, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, traces the history of ground transportation since the 19th century in an old weapons factory transformed into a technical and industrial museum space.

Musée du Parfum
17000 La Rochelle

The Museum of the Perfume Bottle of La Rochelle is a specialized museum located in La Rochelle, New Aquitaine. Its history and exact period remain undocumented.

Musée d'Archéologie gallo-romaine
17120 Barzan

The Gallo-Roman site and museum of the Fâ in Barzan, New Aquitaine, reveals an ancient port town of the 2nd century, with temples, theatre and thermal baths. Stunned since 1994, it bears witness to the commercial importance of Novioregum.

86200 Arçay

The Charbonneau-Lassay Museum, located in Loudun, New Aquitaine, is a mansion dating from the 18th and 18th centuries with a variety of archaeological, artistic and ethnological collections, left by local scholars.

Musée de la moto et du vélo
79500 Melle

The Monet & Goyon Museum in Melle, New Aquitaine, exhibits about 30 restored motorcycles, dating from 1920 to the post-war period, from the Gagnaire family collection.

86320 Civaux

The Museum of Prehistory - Raymond Touchard in Lussac-les-Châteaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) exhibits paleolithic objects from local excavations, in a Renaissance residence transformed into a modern cultural space.

86000 Poitiers

The Natural History Collection is a museum dedicated to nature sciences, located in Poitiers en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, labeled Musée de France.