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France is home to 86 museums dedicated to castles and historic residences, witnesses to the nation's architectural heritage. The Palace of Versailles, the Royal Castle of Blois and the Grand Trianon embody the wealth and diversity of this heritage. These places steeped in history tell the story of the splendor of French royalty and the evolution of aristocratic lifestyles. Discover below the 86 museums listed on The Artwork Room.
86 musées

The National Museum of the Châteaux of Versailles and Trianon is a site museum occupying the national estate of Versailles, in Yvelines. A former royal residence palace transformed…
Place d'Armes
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The Royal Castle of Blois is a historic monument located in Blois in Loir-et-Cher. The site hosts several museum spaces: the castle itself with its collections, the Museum of Fine…
Pl. du Château
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The Grand Trianon is a palace built in 1687 by Jules Hardouin-Mansart on the estate of Versailles, replacing the Porcelain Trianon constructed by Louis XIV in 1670. A building of r…
Porte Saint-Antoine
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Sedan fortress is a medieval stronghold established since 1424 in the municipality of Sedan, in the Ardennes. The site welcomes visitors through an immersive experience titled "The…
Cour du Château
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The National Museum of the Château de Pau is a national estate located in Pau, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. It occupies the historic castle and its gardens, two distinct spaces ope…
Rue du Château
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The Compiègne Castle, located in Oise in the Hauts-de-France region, houses several museums and heritage spaces. The Museum of Carriages, an annex of the national castle museum, of…
Pl. du Général de Gaulle
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The Palais de l'Île is a museum-castle located in Annecy, in Haute-Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It falls into the category of historical museums. The establishment o…
3 Pass. de l'Île
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Noirmoutier Castle, built at the end of the 12th century by Pierre V de la Garnache, has dominated the island of Noirmoutier for more than eight hundred years. Listed as a historic…
Pl. d'Armes
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The royal monastery of Brou is a flamboyant Gothic building located in Bourg-en-Bresse, in Ain. It is open to the public and offers a permanent exhibition enriched with works of ar…
63 Bd de Brou
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Jumièges Abbey is a landmark monument of Norman heritage located in Seine-Maritime. Founded in the 7th century, it embodies the religious and architectural history of the region. T…
24 Rue Guillaume le Conquérant
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The Dieppe castle-museum, listed as a historic monument, is established in a fortified building located in Seine-Maritime, in Normandy. Its collections encompass local history and…
Rue de Chastes, Bd de la Mer
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The Palace of the Dukes and States of Burgundy, located in Dijon in Côte-d'Or, is an architectural ensemble that bears witness to several centuries of regional history. Built progr…
1 Rue Rameau
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The Dourdan Castle Museum is housed in a medieval fortress located in Essonne, in the Île-de-France region. It presents the fortified castle and its outbuildings through a museogra…
Pl. du Général de Gaulle
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The Corsair's Residence is a private mansion located in Saint-Malo Intramuros, in Ille-et-Vilaine. Also known as the Magon Hotel, this historic building is dedicated to the history…
5 Rue d'Asfeld
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The Haute-Vienne departmental contemporary art museum has been located in Rochechouart castle since 1985. Recognized, it presents a collection of over 1,300 works by contemporary i…
Pl. du Château
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The museum of the history of Perche occupies the second floor of the Renaissance main building of the Castle of the Counts of Perche, in Nogent-le-Rotrou in Eure-et-Loire. It trace…
1 Pl. Emile Maquaire
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The Montbéliard Castle Museum occupies a defensive fortress built in the 10th century on a rocky spur. Former seat of the Counts of Montbéliard from the 11th century, it became one…
7 Rue des Tours
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Château d'Oiron, located in Deux-Sèvres in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, is a historic monument that functions as a museum and art center. It offers visitors the opportunity to discover its…
10 Rue du Château
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The Rohan Castle Museum is located in the eponymous castle in Saverne, in the Lower Rhine. It presents collections organized around several sections: archaeology, art and history,…
Pl. du Général de Gaulle
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The Gadagne Museum is located in Lyon, in the Old Town. It comprises two distinct museums: the Museum of Lyon's History and the Museum of Puppet Arts. Housed in a building classifi…
1 Pl. du Petit Collège
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The Château-Musée de Nemours is a cultural institution located in Nemours, in Seine-et-Marne. Housed in a castle listed as a historical monument, the museum offers both self-guided…
Cour du Château, 1 Rue Gautier 1er
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The Jean-Claude Boulard Museum - Carré Plantagenêt is a museum located in Le Mans, in Sarthe, in the Pays-de-la-Loire region. Housed in a historic setting, it constitutes a major t…
2 Rue Claude Blondeau
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The Mayenne Castle Museum is a site museum located in Mayenne, in Pays-de-la-Loire. It occupies the castle whose history it traces and presents associated collections. The museum o…
Pl. Juhel
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The Fort de Leveau is a museum housed in a fortress located in Feignies, in the Nord department, which was part of the Maubeuge stronghold. Dedicated to World War I, it documents t…
Rue de Mairieux
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The Fortress and Museums of Montrichard is a medieval site located on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Cher valley, in Loir-et-Cher. The heart of the site consists of the Keep, buil…
4 Mnt P. Degrés Sainte-Croix
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The Lorraine Museum, located in the Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine in Nancy, is an institution. A history museum, it preserves and presents collections related to Lorraine heritag…
66 Grande Rue
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The Château des Rubins is an establishment located in Sallanches, in Haute-Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It combines the functions of museum and cultural center, offe…
105 Mnt des Rubins
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The Hôtel de Beaumont is an 18th-century castle located in Valognes, in the Manche department, which functions as a heritage site and tourist attraction. The site offers guided tou…
9 Rue Barbey d'Aurevilly
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The Bloody Gulch Memorial, located at Donville Manor in Méautis in Manche, is a museum dedicated to the history of the manor and the events of World War II. The manor, a cob buildi…
1 route de la chapelle
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Chamarande Castle is a cultural site located in Essonne, in the Île-de-France region. It hosts art exhibitions and serves as a museum. The castle is a historic monument open to vis…
Domaine départemental de Chamarande, 52 Rue du Commandant Maurice Arnoux
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Fort Wagner, also called Feste Wagner, is a military fort built between 1904 and 1910 on a hill overlooking southern Metz. Built during the annexation of Moselle to the German Empi…
1 Le Fort
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The Dolder Museum, also known as the Thieves' Tower, is located in Riquewihr in the Upper Rhine. It occupies a pentagonal defensive tower 18 meters high dating from 1291, a former…
14 Rue des Juifs
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The Prison of the Motte Castrale is a historical site located in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais. Founded as the city's fortress in the 10th century, this castle first served to p…
1B Pl. Sithieu
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The Baron Martin Museum is housed in an 18th-century castle, a pleasure residence listed as a historic monument, located in the heart of Gray in Haute-Saône, overlooking the Saône…
6 Rue Pigalle
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The Castle of the Dukes of Bourbon, located in Moulins in Allier, is a building whose construction began between 1375 and 1410 on the initiative of Louis II of Bourbon. The site un…
7 Pl. de la Déportation
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The Heritage House is a heritage interpretation center for the metropolitan area located in Ollioules, in the Var. Dedicated to the discovery and promotion of the heritage of the T…
20 Rue Gambetta
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The Château de Boën, located in Boën-sur-Lignon in Loire, houses the Museum of Forez Winegrowers. Installed in this historic monument, the museum is dedicated to the history and wi…
Pl. de la République
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The Palace of the King of Rome is a historic building located in Rambouillet, in Yvelines. Built between 1809 and 1811 by architect Auguste Famin at the request of Napoleon I, this…
Pl. du Roi de Rome
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The Châtillon-sur-Saône Museum, located in the Vosges in Grand Est, offers over 600 m² of full-scale reconstructions of everyday life scenes from the Middle Ages to the 19th centur…
12 Rue de l'Assaut
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The Alfred Douët Museum is an art and history museum located in Saint-Flour, in Cantal. It occupies a Renaissance-style consular house, a restored historic monument, which itself c…
17 Pl. d'Armes
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Installed in the Chenonceau Castle in Chenonceaux (Indre-et-Loire), this historical museum recreates the military hospital that operated in the castle during the First World War. F…
Rue du Château
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The Saint-André-le-Bas Cloister Museum, designated, is located in Vienne in Isère. Classified in the category of history museums, it occupies the premises of the historic cloister…
1 Pl. du Jeu de Paume
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The Hôtel-Dieu de Cluny is a hospital establishment founded in 1625 in the form of the Hôpital Notre-Dame, then rebuilt from 1703 under the impetus of Cardinal de Bouillon, 55th ab…
13 Pl. Dr Charles Pleindoux
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The Yuccas Cave is an ecomuseum located in Trôo in Loir-et-Cher, in a former troglodytic dwelling carved into tuffeau stone. This residence, inhabited until 1965, has been fully re…
14 Rue Gouffier
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The Bucheneck Museum, located in the castle of the same name listed as a historic monument, is dedicated to the local history of Soultz and its notable families. The permanent exhi…
27 Rue du Kageneck
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The Trévoux and its Treasures Museum is housed in the Hôtel Pierre et Anne de Bourbon, a 15th-century Trévoux residence, and traces the history of the Principality of Dombes, of wh…
Grande Rue
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The Carriage Gallery is located in the 16th-century Farm of the Chenonceau estate in Indre-et-Loire. This historic building, which includes the Stables of Catherine de Medici, also…
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The Hotel of the Lords of Neuchâtel is a historic building located in Baume-les-Dames, in the Doubs department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. This former private mansion b…
Pl. du Gén de Gaulle
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Versailles · Yvelines
The national museum of the châteaux of Versailles and Trianon is a site museum located within the national domain of Versailles, in Yvelines. The Trianon estate, created by Louis X…
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Rânes Castle, built from 1404 on the foundations of a former manor, constitutes a complex architectural ensemble combining a medieval keep and building structures from the 16th, 17…
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The Flers Castle Museum is housed in the Flers Castle, a typical Northern Renaissance architectural edifice dating from that period. It is located in Villeneuve-d'Ascq in Normandy.…
Chem. du Chat Botte
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The Museum of Common Ovens is located in Vierzon, in Cher, at the foot of the city's Belfry. It houses two ovens dating from the 15th century, remarkable and unique architectural e…
7 Rue du Château
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The Lavardin Museum is located in the village of Lavardin, in Loir-et-Cher, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Situated in the only "Most Beautiful Village of France" in the depart…
Musée de
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The Ducastel-Vera Municipal Museum is a municipal museum located in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in Yvelines. It manages several heritage spaces, including the Royal Apothecary, classifi…
Villa Eugénie-Désoyer, 3 Rue Henri IV, Jard. des Arts
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The Savoy Museum is a museum located in Chambéry, in Savoy, within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Labeled according to the Heritage Code since January 5, 2002, it is housed in th…
Pl. Métropole, 73000 Chambéry, France
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Bourdeilles Castle, classified as a Historic Monument, is a heritage site located in Périgord, in the Dordogne. It combines two distinct architectures: a medieval fortress and a Re…
Pl. de la Halle, 24310 Bourdeilles, France
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The Vauban Museum is a site museum located in Neuf-Brisach, in the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region. It is part of the town's exceptional heritage, founded according t…
7 Pl. de la Prte de Belfort, 68600 Neuf-Brisach, France
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The Montségur Archaeology Museum is a site museum located in rural Ariège territory. Situated in the village of Montségur in Occitanie, it is set within a historical context marked…
32 Rue du Village, 09300 Montségur, France
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The abbey museum is a museum in a rural area located in Cerisy-la-Forêt in Manche. It occupies the site of the historic abbey, of which it presents the history and heritage. The mu…
50680 Cerisy-la-Forêt, France
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The departmental museum of the castle is located in the Grignan castle in Drôme, a listed historic monument situated in rural Provençal territory. It is part of a larger ensemble,…
23 Rue Montant au Château, 26230 Grignan, France
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The Avelines Museum is an art and history museum located in Saint-Cloud, in Hauts-de-Seine. It is dedicated to the history of the city and its architectural heritage, particularly…
60 Rue Gounod, 92210 Saint-Cloud, France
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The Museum of La Chartreuse is located in Molsheim, in Alsace, in the Bas-Rhin department, within the former house of the Prior of the Carthusian monastery. It occupies a historic…
4 Cr des Chartreux, 67120 Molsheim, France
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The Charles VII Castle Museum, located in Mehun-sur-Yèvre in the Cher department, occupies a "keep" restored at the end of the 19th century. A major defensive site in the Yèvre val…
2 Pl. du Gén Leclerc, 18500 Mehun-sur-Yèvre, France
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The Château de Saint-Germain de Livet is a building listed as a historic monument, located in Normandy near Lisieux in Calvados. Dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, it is dist…
D268, 14100 Saint-Germain-de-Livet, France
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The Saint-Maur - Villa Médicis Museum is located in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, in Val-de-Marne, in the Île-de-France region. Labeled since February 2003, it benefits from the instituti…
5 Rue Saint-Hilaire, 94210 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
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The Louis-Philippe Museum is located in the Château d'Eu in Seine-Maritime, a former summer residence of the Kings of France. Labeled and classified as a House of Illustrious Figur…
Pl. Isabelle d'Orléans, 76260 Eu, France
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The Palace-Museum of the Archbishops of Narbonne is housed in the historic palace of the archbishops of the city, benefiting from the status of. Located in Narbonne in Occitania, i…
Palace of the Archbishops, 16 Pl. de l'Hôtel de Ville 13, 11100 Narbonne, France
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The Gaston Phébus château-museum is located in Mauvezin, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, in a rural area of the Occitanie region. It occupies a castle building that constitutes in itself a…
10 Rue du Château, 65130 Mauvezin, France
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The Adhémar Castle Museum is located in the Montélimar Castle in Drôme. A listed historic monument, it is part of the cultural offerings of the castles of Drôme, an emblematic heri…
Rue de Narbonne, 26200 Montélimar, France
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The Museum of the Romanesque House is located in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard in Occitanie. Situated in a municipality with a rich historical past, the museum is part of the local heritage…
Rue de la Maison Romane, 30800 Saint-Gilles, France
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The House of the Templars is a museum in a rural setting located in Caudebec-en-Caux, in the new municipality of Rives-en-Seine (Seine-Maritime, Normandy). A building dating from t…
1 Rue Thomas Bazin, 76490 Rives-en-Seine, France
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The Saumur Castle-Museum is located on a promontory overlooking the Loire in Maine-et-Loire. A representative edifice of medieval princely architecture, the castle has experienced…
Esp. Hubert-Landais, 49400 Saumur, France
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The Château de Sceaux, a departmental museum of the Hauts-de-Seine, is a labeled institution. Located in Sceaux in the Île-de-France region, it stands out for its historic park, cl…
All. d'Honneur, 92330 Sceaux, France
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The Albertville-Conflans municipal museum is located in Albertville in Savoie. A municipal institution registered in the "Town of Art and History" program, it contributes to the en…
Grande Place, 73200 Albertville, France
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The departmental museum of Ariège is a site museum located in Foix Castle, in Occitania. It offers a playful and immersive approach to medieval history, particularly that of the co…
Château des Comtes de Foix, 09000 Foix, France
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Montaigu Castle is a museum located in Laneuville-devant-Nancy, in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Established within a castle. The site includes the castle itself as well as a park named Parc…
Rue de l'Ermitage, 54140 Laneuveville-devant-Nancy, France
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The Gien Castle-Museum, located in Loiret in the Centre-Val de Loire region, is a museum. Situated in the Valley of the Kings, it combines the history of the castle with a collecti…
1 Pl. du Château, 45500 Gien, France
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The Museum of the Royal Estate of Marly Louveciennes, located in Marly-le-Roi in the Yvelines, is a museum created in 1969. Situated in the heart of the historic park of Louis XIV'…
1 Rue du Parc de Marly, 78160 Marly-le-Roi, France
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The Huningue Historical and Military Museum is housed in a 17th-century civilian building, formerly the residence of the fortress's superintendent and the war commissioner. Its col…
6 Rue des Boulangers, 68330 Huningue, France
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The museum of the castle of the Dukes of Brittany, located in the heart of the medieval district of Nantes, occupies a castle built at the end of the 15th century by Francis II and…
4 Pl. Marc Elder, 44000 Nantes, France
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Musée municipal de l'hôtel de Sully
Châtellerault · Vienne
The municipal museum of the Sully Hotel is located in a historic building in Châtellerault, in Vienne. It falls under the French heritage protection and control system for movable…
14 Rue Sully, 86100 Châtellerault, France
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The Musée de l'Hôtel de Berny, located in Amiens in the Somme, occupies a private mansion built in brick and stone between 1633 and 1634 to serve as the headquarters of the Treasur…
36 Rue Victor Hugo, 80000 Amiens, France
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The Saint-Michel Gate Museum is a site museum located in Guérande, in Loire-Atlantique. It is part of a heritage approach recognized and supported by the Heritage Code. Located in…
Rue Saint-Michel, 44350 Guérande, France
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The Le Vergeur museum-hotel, also known as the Hugues Krafft house, is located in Reims in the Marne department. It occupies a historic building that reflects the architectural her…
36 Pl. du Forum, 51100 Reims, France
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The National Museum of the Châteaux of Malmaison and Bois-Préau, located in Rueil-Malmaison in the Hauts-de-Seine, is a site museum dedicated to Napoleonic residences. It presents…
12 Av. du Château de la Malmaison, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France
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The Franco-American Museum of Blérancourt Castle, located in Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region, occupies the castle built between 1612 and 1624 by architect Salomon de Brosse. Fo…
33 Pl. du Général Leclerc, 02300 Blérancourt, France
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