Museums in Poitou-Charente

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'Archéologie gallo-romaine
17120 Barzan

The Gallo-Roman site and museum of the Fâ in Barzan, New Aquitaine, reveals an ancient port town of the 2nd century, with temples, theatre and thermal baths. Stunned since 1994, it bears witness to the commercial importance of Novioregum.

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.