Museums in the Midi-Pyrénées

Musée des hommes d'état et des Présidents
81100 Castres

The Jean-Jaurès National Centre and Museum in Castres, Occitanie, is a 19th-century municipal museum dedicated to the life and work of Jean Jaurès, housed in a historic building in the city centre.

Musée des Artistes peintres célèbres
12000 Rodez

The Soulages Museum, inaugurated in 2014 in Rodez, Occitanie, is a contemporary art museum dedicated to the painter Pierre Soulages, housing his major works and temporary exhibitions in an architecture signed RCR Arquitectes.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
31800 Saint-Gaudens

The Municipal Museum of Art and History of Saint-Gaudens, housed in a former neo-classical town hall of 1875, houses ethnological, ceramic and artistic collections emblematic of the Pyrénées Centrales, in Saint-Gaudens, Occitanie.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
65100 Lourdes

The Pyrenean Museum of Lourdes, housed in the medieval castle of the city since 1921, traces the history and traditions of the Pyrenees through ethnographic and artistic collections unique in Occitanie.

46200 Lacave

The Musée de l'Automate à Souillac (Lot) is home to Europe's largest collection of antique automatons and mechanical toys, housed in a 12th century medieval cloister.

Musée d'Art contemporain
81990 Albi

The L.A.I.T. is a contemporary art laboratory located in Albi, Occitanie, dedicated to creation and experimentation in the Tarn.

65130 Arrodets

The Gaston Phébus Castle Museum, a 14th-century medieval fortress in Mauvezin (Hautes-Pyrénées), was transformed into a strategic bastion by Gaston Phébus to control Bigorre and Comminges.

Musée des Arts de la ville
65200 Bagnères-de-Bigorre

The Salies Museum, an Art Deco building from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century in Bagnères-de-Bigorre (Occitanie), houses a rich collection of 19th century paintings and art objects, in a building classified as a Historic Monument since 2014.