Museums in Poitou-Charente

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 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.

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 Arts de la ville
86000 Poitiers

The Rupert de Chièvres Museum, housed in a 17th-century mansion in Poitiers, houses collections of Dutch, Flemish and earthenware art, offering an immersion in the world of a 19th-century collector.

Musée du cirque et des automates
17000 La Rochelle

The Musée des automatons de La Rochelle is a space dedicated to automatons, located in the city of La Rochelle, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. No specific period is associated with this monument.

17000 La Rochelle

The Musée d'Orbigny Bernon, a former 19th-century mansion in La Rochelle, housed collections of decorative arts and ethnology before its closure in 2012. His works were transferred to the Museum of Fine Arts of the city.

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 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.