Museums in Poitou-Charente

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
17100 Bussac-sur-Charente

The Dupuy-Mestreau Museum, housed in an 18th-century mansion in Saintes (Charente-Maritime), presents ethnographic collections on traditional life in Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois until the early 20th century.

86300 Bonnes

The archaeological and ethnographic museum of Chauvigny, housed in an ancient 17th century presbytery, traces the local history of prehistory in the 20th century through various collections and a medieval dungeon.

17230 Andilly

The Capon Museum, located in Marans in Charente-Maritime, is a museum labeled Museum of France presenting Gallo-Roman archaeological collections and a rich local history, especially around the earthenware of the 17th to 19th centuries.

86500 Jouhet

The Montmorillon Art and History Museum, located in Montmorillon, Vienna, has preserved archaeological, artistic and ethnographic collections from donations and local excavations since 1937.

86000 Poitiers

The Dune Hypogee Museum in Poitiers houses a funeral chapel from the High Middle Ages, remarkable for its re-employment sculptures dating back to the 6th and 7th centuries.

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.

86400 Blanzay

The municipal museum of Blanzay, located in New Aquitaine, is home to Magdalenian and Gallo-Roman archaeological collections from 19th-century local excavations in an 18th-century house.

Musée du cheval et des véhicules hippomobiles
17100 Saintes

The national haras of Saintes, founded in 1846 in a park of nine hectares, was an establishment dedicated to the improvement of equine breeds, located in Saintes in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, before its closure in 2018.