Museums in Poitou-Charente

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 la faïence
17230 Marans

The Cappon Museum, a former museum labeled Museum of France, was installed in Marans (Charente-Maritime) in an 18th century building. It housed local archaeological collections and earthenware, now missing from regional inventories.

86000 Poitiers

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

Musée d'Archéologie et d'Antiquité
86000 Poitiers

The Sainte-Croix Museum, built in 1974 in Poitiers, New Aquitaine, is a brutalist museum with archaeological and artistic collections, from Prehistory to the 20th century, in the former site of St. Croix Abbey.

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.

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 du débarquement et de la libération
17000 La Rochelle

The Bunker de La Rochelle, the Second World War Museum, is a former German underground shelter located in this port town of New Aquitaine. He testified to the occupation and life of submariners between 1940 and 1945.

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.