Museums in Poitou-Charente

Écomusée
79510 Coulon

The Poitevin Marais House, an eco-museum located in Coulon (Deux-Sèvres), traces the history of the Wet Marais and its inhabitants since 1988 in a 16th century seigneurial residence.

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.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
17410 Saint-Martin-de-Ré

The Ernest Cognacq Museum, housed in a 15th-century mansion in Saint-Martin-de-Ré (Charente-Maritime), traces the history of the island of Ré through archaeological, artistic and historical collections, including a journey on colonial bagnes and Vauban fortifications.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
17770 Saint-Césaire

The Bujoliers Museum in Saint-Césaire, Charente-Maritime, is an ethnographic rural museum that reconstructs 19th-century Saintonge life, including the Maison de La Mérine and local collections.

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.

Musée des Beaux-Arts
17000 La Rochelle

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle, housed in an 18th century mansion, houses European and Asian pictorial collections in New Aquitaine, in La Rochelle.

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.

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.