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.

86200 Arçay

The Charbonneau-Lassay Museum, located in Loudun, New Aquitaine, is a mansion dating from the 18th and 18th centuries with a variety of archaeological, artistic and ethnological collections, left by local scholars.

86100 Antran

The Musée de l'auto, de la moto et du vélo in Châtellerault, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, traces the history of ground transportation since the 19th century in an old weapons factory transformed into a technical and industrial museum space.

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 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.

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.

Écomusée
79510 Coulon

The Poitevin Marais House, an eco-museum located in Coulon (Deux-Sèvres), traces the history of the Wet Marais and its inhabitants since 1988 in a 16th century seigneurial residence.

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.