Museums in Poitou-Charente

Musée du cristal et du verre
86600 Curzay-sur-Vonne

The Museum of stained glass in Curzay-sur-Vonne, located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, is a space dedicated to glassmaking. This cultural monument is located in the village of Curzay-sur-Vonne, without specified historical period.

86000 Poitiers

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

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.

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.

Musée de la céramique
17100 La Chapelle-des-Pots

The Saintonge ceramic museum, housed in a Charentaise house in La Chapelle-des-Pots, traces the ancestral art of pottery from the 13th to the 19th century. Closed since 2014, it preserves an oven classified with historical monuments.

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.

Musée des Arts de la ville
17100 Bussac-sur-Charente

The Musée de l'Échevinage, housed in a mansion of the 16th and 18th centuries in Saintes (Charente-Maritime), exhibits 19th-century fine arts and porcelain of Sèvres in the former communal house.

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.