Museums in Poitou-Charente

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 du jouet et de la miniature
17000 La Rochelle

The Museum of Models of La Rochelle, located in Charente-Maritime, was a museum space dedicated to models and toys, open all year until 2023.

79000 Bessines

The Donjon Ethnographic and Archaeological Museum, housed in a 12th century medieval fortress in Niort, combines Poitevin collections with local archaeological remains.

Musée de l'immigration et de l'esclavagisme
17000 La Rochelle

The New World Museum, located in the Hôtel de Fleuriau in La Rochelle, traces the exchanges between France and America since the 16th century, through collections of art and colonial history.

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.

86100 Antran

The Grand Atelier, a museum of art and industry in Châtellerault, housed in an old 19th century weapons factory, traces local history since Gallo-Roman Antiquity through various collections.

Musée de la mer et de la pêche
17630 La Flotte

The Platinum Museum in La Flotte, New Aquitaine, is a monument dedicated to the Flotilla in Pertuis. Its history and period remain to be clarified.

Musée des arts et traditions populaires
17240 Clion

The artisanal and rural museum of Clion, housed in a former presbytery in Charente-Maritime, exhibits 1,500 19th-century tools illustrating Saintonge rural life.