So focused on local history, our museums can fill you in not just on the traditions and customs of the area but also it’s flora and fauna too. By gum, what are all these sharks’s teeth around the place? Find out why they’re there !


Château of Montpoupon

CERE-LA-RONDE

This furnished château tells the story of the owners’ family life on a free tour with audio commentary, including a...

Maurice Dufresne Museum

AZAY-LE-RIDEAU

Maurice Dufresne Museum lies in a stunning former mill on the banks of the Indre in Azay-le-Rideau whose restored...

Troglodytes et Sarcophages

DOUÉ-EN-ANJOU

In an underground quarry, you'll discover an astonishing sarcophagus factory dating back to the High Middle Ages. This...

Loire Sailors Museum

CHOUZE-SUR-LOIRE

Sailors' artefacts, models of famous Loire boats. A museum packed with memories of the golden days of the port at...

Véron Ecomuseum

SAVIGNY-EN-VERON

In the heart of the countryside, at the confl uence of the Loire and the Vienne, the écoMusée (museum of...

Le Carroi, Musée d’Arts et...

CHINON

Le Carroi is an art museum located in a 15th century historic building. Inside you can discover the "Cape of Saint...

Royal Abbey of Saint Pierre de Bourgueil

BOURGUEIL

13 & 18th-century buildings. 10th-century ruins. Particularly remarkable are the refectory of the infirmary with its...

Musée Joseph-Denais

BEAUFORT-EN-ANJOU

The last curiosity cabinet of the 19th century, the museum is the culmination of a humanist's dream. For lovers of fine...

Musée Jules Desbois

NOYANT-VILLAGES

A local boy, friend and collaborator of Auguste Rodin, Jules Desbois is one of the finest sculptors of the 19th...

The steam train of Rillé

RILLE

For everybody: take a ride in an old steam train. For members of the association: railway maintenance workshops and...

Maison du Souvenir – Memory House

MAILLÉ

On 25th August 1944, while Paris celebrated its liberation, 124 inhabitants of the village were tracked down and...

Street Art Parc

CANDES-SAINT-MARTIN

The museum of Urban Art in Candes-Saint-Martin is a unique place where nature and art meet and flourish. Les Oeuvres,...

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