Museums in Poitou-Charente

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 d'Art et d'histoire locale
17100 Bussac-sur-Charente

The Dupuy-Mestreau Museum, housed in an 18th-century mansion in Saintes (Charente-Maritime), presents ethnographic collections on traditional life in Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois until the early 20th century.

86000 Poitiers

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

Musée de la Préhistoire
17770 Saint-Césaire

The Paleosite de Saint-Césaire is a prehistory interpretive centre located in Charente-Maritime, near the archaeological site of the Roche in Pierrot, famous for the discovery of the Neandertal skeleton 'Pierrette' in 1979.

Musée d'Archéologie gallo-romaine
17100 Bussac-sur-Charente

The archaeological museum of Saintes, located in Charente-Maritime, exhibits Gallo-Roman and ancient remains from local excavations, including sculptures and architectural elements from the 1st to the 3rd century.

86400 Blanzay

The municipal museum of Blanzay, located in New Aquitaine, is home to Magdalenian and Gallo-Roman archaeological collections from 19th-century local excavations in an 18th-century house.

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 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.