Museums, art and heritage in Bretagne

Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly

Éric Tabarly's City of Sailing is a museum dedicated to sailing and offshore racing, located in Lorient in Morbihan, Brittany. The visit route, lasting two to three hours, offers an interactive approach to the maritime world through navigation simulators, radio-controlled sailing boat pools, full-size boat elements and multimedia spaces devoted to nautical activities. The museum particularly emphasizes the figure of navigator Éric Tabarly and his boats, the Pen Duick, visible on the adjacent pontoons. The City also includes a dedicated space for children aged two to twelve and offers sailing outings in the roadstead as well as summer access to a water sports stadium. The site, located at Lorient La Base, regularly welcomes school groups, families and individual visitors, and can be rented for professional events.

Lorient La Base, Rue Roland Morillot

Musée Mémoires 39-45

The Mémoires 39-45 Museum is a war museum housed in a former German command blockhouse located in Plougonvelin, in Finistère, near Pointe Saint-Mathieu. The museum spans five floors and offers a museography based on testimonies and anecdotes from combatants, civilians, and families who experienced World War II in Brittany, enriched by thousands of objects, documents, and photographs. The tour successively covers daily life on the Atlantic Wall, the history of the war in Brittany through thematic rooms, and offers a panoramic view of the entrance to the Brest roadstead from the kiosks and roof of the building. The museum also includes outdoor elements and immersive installations, notably a bombing simulation. The collection was assembled over more than twenty years by its founders, who are passionate about local history.

Le Prédic - Route de la Pointe Saint Mathieu

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes

The Museum of Fine Arts in Rennes, located on Quai Zola, offers an overview of the history of art from Antiquity to the present day. Established in 1794 from works seized from religious and civil buildings, it was enriched mainly by the encyclopedic cabinet of curiosities of Christophe-Paul de Robien, one of the most important collections in Europe, bringing together paintings, sculptures, antiquities and drawings by old masters. During the 19th century and beyond, the museum was enriched by acquisitions from the State and systematic purchases, constituting a representative collection of the various schools of European painting and modern and contemporary artistic movements. Since 2025, the museum has expanded to a second site in Maurepas. It regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, lectures and various cultural events.

20 Quai Emile Zola

Maison Yves Rocher

The Yves Rocher House is an immersive museum space located in La Gacilly, in Morbihan, the birthplace village of the brand's founder. The museum offers a scenic tour of approximately 45 minutes highlighting the history, expertise and values of the French cosmetics brand, particularly its expertise in plant-based cosmetics and its environmental commitments. The visit unfolds through a multi-sensory experience combining visual and sound projections, lighting displays and special effects. The site also includes a gastronomic restaurant, a shop, a beauty treatment institute and hosts corporate events. The entire complex is part of the tourist and cultural context of the village of La Gacilly and its Breton region.

Le Bout du Pont, Le Moulin

Musée de Pont-Aven

The Pont-Aven Museum, established in a rural setting in Finistère, is dedicated to the Pont-Aven School, a pictorial movement that brought together various artists at the end of the 19th century who came to paint in this small Breton town, among them Paul Gauguin, Émile Bernard and Paul Sérusier. The collections present works of painting and sculpture, notably oils on canvas exploring various stylistic influences from Synthetism to Post-Impressionism. The museum offers guided tours, lectures, artistic workshops and educational resources adapted to different audiences. It is committed to an eco-responsible approach and inclusive accessibility.

Pl. Julia

Located in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France, this site encompasses the remarkable megalithic monuments of Carnac and the surrounding landscape of the…

Inscribed 2025