Musées Histoire de France en France

Château de Versailles

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

Musée de la Révolution française

Vizille Estate, located in Isère, houses the departmental museum of the French Revolution. It is set within a historic estate with a remarkable garden. The museum's collections foc…

Pl. du Château

Château de Noirmoutier

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

Musée National de la Marine

The National Maritime Museum is a heritage institution present at several sites in France including Toulon, Paris, Brest, Port-Louis and Rochefort. The Toulon museum, located at Pl…

Place Monsenergue, Quai de Norfolk

Historial Jeanne d’Arc

The Historial Jeanne d'Arc is a museum dedicated to the life and myth of Joan of Arc, located in Rouen in Normandy. Installed in the archbishop's palace, a historic monument situat…

7 Rue Saint Romain

Le Bunker de La Rochelle

The Bunker of La Rochelle is a history museum housed in a military building dating from 1941, the former headquarters of German submarine officers during World War II. Located in t…

8 Rue des Dames

Palais des Ducs et des États de Bourgogne

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

Musée Gallo-romain Vesunna

Vesunna is a Gallo-Roman museum site located in Périgueux, in Dordogne. It is built on the remains of a large Gallo-Roman residence, the domus of Vésone, whose ruins form the heart…

Parc de Vésone, 20 Rue 26ème Régiment d'Infanterie

Musée national de l'histoire de l'immigration

The National Museum of the History and Cultures of Immigration is located at the Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris. It is committed to documenting and interpreting the history of m…

Palais de la Porte Dorée, 293 Av. Daumesnil

Mémorial Alsace-Moselle

The Alsace-Moselle Memorial is a history and memory museum located in Schirmeck, in Alsace, in the Bruche valley. It is dedicated to the history of Alsace and Moselle from 1870 to…

All. du Souvenir Français

Musée historique de la ville de Strasbourg

The Strasbourg Historical Museum, founded in 1920 and completely renovated in 2013, is housed in a historic building dating from 1587-1588, the former butcheries. It presents nine…

2 Rue du Vieux-Marché-aux-Poissons

Musée national de la Marine de Paris

The National Maritime Museum of Paris, located at the Trocadéro, is an institution dedicated to maritime history and contemporary maritime issues. Its collections explore the relat…

17 Pl. du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre

Musée de Gergovie

The Gergovie Museum is an archaeological museum located on the Gergovie plateau, in La Roche-Blanche in Puy-de-Dôme. It is dedicated to the Battle of Gergovie in 52 BC, a confronta…

Plt de Gergovie

Musée d'histoire de Nantes

The Nantes History Museum, located in the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany, traces the evolution of the city from its origins to contemporary times through 32 rooms and more than 1,…

4 Pl. Marc Elder

La Demeure de Corsaire

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

Musée Guerre et Paix

The War and Peace Museum, located in Novion-Porcien in the Ardennes, is a history museum dedicated to the three major conflicts that marked France and Europe: the 1870-1871 war, th…

Imp. du Musée

Musée de la Guerre de 1870 et de l'Annexion

The Museum of the War of 1870 and the Annexation is a history museum located in Gravelotte, in Moselle, on the site of former battlefields. Founded in the aftermath of the Franco-P…

11 Rue de Metz

Musée et Site Gallo-Romains du Fâ

The Fâ Gallo-Roman Museum and Site, located in Barzan in Charente-Maritime, combines an archaeological site and a museum space dedicated to Roman antiquity. The site offers annual…

25 Rte du FA

Musée départemental de l'ancienne Abbaye de Landévennec

A site museum installed on the ruins of the former Abbey of Landévennec, on the Crozon peninsula in Finistère. The museum combines an exceptional archaeological site, excavated fro…

Place Yann de

Musée National de la Marine Rochefort

The National Maritime Museum of Rochefort is located in Charente-Maritime and occupies two distinct sites: the Hôtel de Cheusses/Arsenal and the Former Naval Medical School. A nati…

1 Pl. de la Galissonnière

Musée du président Jacques Chirac - Sarran

The Jacques Chirac Presidential Museum is located in Sarran, in Corrèze, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is part of a heritage context in rural territory. Its collections and…

4 route du musée

Musée national de la Légion d’honneur et des ordres de chevalerie

Housed in the Hôtel de Salm on the forecourt of the Musée d'Orsay, the National Museum of the Legion of Honor and Orders of Chivalry is dedicated to the history of French and forei…

2 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur

Musée du Nouveau Monde de La Rochelle

Created in 1982, the Museum of the New World in La Rochelle is dedicated to the historical relationships between France, particularly La Rochelle, and the Americas since the 16th c…

10 Rue Fleuriau

Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine

The Museum of the History of Medicine is located on the second floor of the Paris Cité University headquarters, in a room built in 1905, at the heart of the former Faculty of Medic…

12 Rue de l'École de Médecine

Musée national de la Marine - Port-louis

The National Maritime Museum of Port-Louis, located in the Citadel of Port-Louis in Morbihan, is dedicated to Breton and French maritime history. Its collections span over four hun…

Citadelle de Port-Louis

Musée Jacques Cartier

The Jacques Cartier Museum, located in the Manor of Limoëlou at Rothéneuf near Saint-Malo, is dedicated to the life and expeditions of the navigator Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), di…

Manoir de Limoëlou, Rue David Macdonald Stewart

Musée Jean-Claude Boulard - Carré Plantagenêt

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

Musée de l'École 1900

The 1900 School Museum is located in Saint-Martin-des-Olmes, in Puy-de-Dôme. It occupies an authentic school building dating from the 1880s. The museum offers a retrospective of sc…

134 route des Pradeaux

Centre historique Valmy 1792

The Valmy 1792 Historical Center, located in Valmy in the Marne, is a history museum dedicated to the Battle of Valmy in 1792, a decisive moment of the French Revolution. The site…

24 Rue Kellermann

Musée Franco-Australien

The Franco-Australian Museum of Villers-Bretonneux traces the shared history of France and Australia around the events of the First World War. In April 1918, Australian forces play…

9 Rue Victoria

Musée Militaire du Périgord

The Périgord Military Museum, founded in 1911 by the Federation of Veterans of the Dordogne and recognized, is located in Périgueux. Occupying 800 m² of dedicated spaces, it preser…

32 Rue des Farges

Hôtel de Beaumont

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

Musée de l'Histoire Maritime de Bordeaux

The Maritime History Museum of Bordeaux, located in the Bassins à flot district, traces twenty centuries of history of the Port of the Moon through its maritime, port, and river di…

1 Quai Armand Lalande

Maison de la Négritude

The House of Negritude and Human Rights is a history museum located in Champagney, in Haute-Saône. Founded under the patronage of Léopold Senghor, former president of the Republic…

24 Grande Rue

Musée Hugues de Payns

The Hugues de Payns Museum, located in Payns in Aube, is dedicated to the history of the Order of the Templars in Champagne. Supported by the Hugues de Payns cultural association i…

10 Voie Riot

Centre historique Crécy la bataille - 1346

The Crécy Battle Historical Centre is an interpretation museum dedicated to the Battle of Crécy, a major event of the Hundred Years' War that occurred in 1346. Located in Crécy-en-…

362 Av. des Fusillés

Salle du Jeu de Paume

The Jeu de Paume Hall, located in Versailles in the Yvelines, is a site museum under the national heritage authority. Formerly a royal exercise and recreational hall built in 1686,…

1 Rue du Jeu de Paume

Musée de la figurine

The Museum of Figurines, located in Droiturier in Allier, is a local history museum founded by Marie and Hervé Maneval. It presents a collection of hand-painted historical figurine…

Le Champ de, La Garde

Musée du Protestantisme Dauphinois

The Museum of Dauphinois Protestantism is located in the heart of the medieval village of Poët-Laval, in Drôme, in a former 14th-century residence converted into a Protestant templ…

25 Rue de l'Ancien Temple

Musée d'Histoire de Belfort

The Belfort History Museum, officially named "collector's cabinet - Maurice Jardot donation," is a museum. Located in Belfort, in the Territoire-de-Belfort, it consists of a collec…

La Citadelle En cour d'Honneur

Musée d'histoire du 20e siècle - Résistance et Déportation -

The Museum of 20th Century History - Resistance and Deportation is a cultural and heritage institution located in Estivareilles, in Haute-Loire. Founded in 1984 by Former Resisters…

456 route du Musée

Musée gallo-romain de Tauroentum

The Gallo-Roman Museum of Tauroentum is located in Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, in the Var, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. It is dedicated to the ancient history of the Tauroentum…

131 Rte de la Madrague

Musée d'histoire militaire de Lyon et sa région

The Military History Museum of Lyon and its Region is an institution dedicated to presenting the military history of the Lyon territory and region, from Antiquity to the contempora…

22 Av. Leclerc

Musée archéologique d'Izernore

The Izernore archaeological museum is a site museum located in rural territory in the Ain, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It preserves and exhibits over 500 pieces of archaeol…

7 Pl. de l'Église

Palais du Roi de Rome

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

Musée de la France Protestante de l'Ouest

The Museum of Protestant France in the West is located at the Bois-Tiffrais château in Monsireigne, in Vendée. A regional museum of Protestant history, it is managed by the Society…

Le petit Bois Tiffrais

Musée du Barreau de Paris

The Paris Bar Museum, located in Paris, documents several centuries of legal history and the legal profession in France. Its collections cover various fields: the careers of male a…

25 Rue du Jour

Musée de la Résistance en Zone interdite Nord-Pas-de-Calais

The Museum of Resistance in the Forbidden Zone is located in Denain, in the North. It documents the history of the Resistance and liberation in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region during…

9 Pl. Wilson

Musée de l'Abbé Grégoire

The Abbé Grégoire Museum is a history museum located in Emberménil, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in the Grand Est region. It bears the name of Abbé Grégoire, a major historical figure of…

21 Grande Rue

Musée de la bataille de Rocroy et de la guerre de 30 ans

The Museum of the Battle of Rocroy is located in Rocroy, in the Ardennes, in the Grand Est region. It is dedicated to the Battle of Rocroy and the Thirty Years' War, two major even…

Pl. de Luxembourg

Musee De la bataille

The Battle of Fontenoy Museum, located in Burgundy in the Yonne department, is dedicated to the Battle of Fontenoy which took place in 841. It recounts the events of this fratricid…

3 Rue Saint-Marien

Musee du Combattant de la Haute Saone

The Museum of the Combattant of Haute-Saône is located in Luxeuil-les-Bains, in Haute-Saône. This establishment traces French military history through more than 200 m² of objects a…

10 Place de la Baille

Musée Émile Chénon

The Émile Chénon Museum, located in Châteaumeillant in the Cher department, is a rural territorial museum. It is dedicated to archaeology and ancient heritage of the Centre-Val de…

10 Rue de la Victoire

Musée de l'École Publique

The Museum of Public School is a historical museum located in Ollioules, in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. It is part of the local cultural heritage,…

1 Av. Anatole France

Maison Saint-Simon

The Saint-Simon House is a history museum located in La Ferté-Vidame, in Eure-et-Loire, in the heart of the Centre-Val de Loire region. The museum is housed in the Saint-Dominique…

Pavillon Saint-Dominique

Pigeonnier

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…

Le Mirabellum

The Mirabellum is an archaeological interpretation center located in Mirebeau-sur-Bèze, in Côte-d'Or. It is dedicated to the history of the Roman camp at Mirebeau-sur-Bèze and the…

6 ter Pl. Général Viard Le Forum

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Sainte-Ménehould

The Museum of Art and History of Sainte-Ménehould, located in the Hôtel de la Subdélégation de Champagne built in 1726, is a museum in a rural area. Its collections bear witness to…

15 Pl. du Général Leclerc

Musée de la Presse de Ploemeur

The Press Museum of Ploemeur, located in Morbihan in Brittany, is a history museum dedicated to press archives. Created and run by Claude Charbonneau, it houses approximately 80,00…

34 Rue de Larmor

Musée et sites archéologiques de Vieux-la-Romaine

The museum and archaeological sites of Vieux-la-Romaine is a site museum located in a rural area, in the municipality of Vieux in Calvados, Normandy. It is, in the sense of the Her…

Route de feuguerolles, 14930 Vieux, France

Musée de l'abbaye

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

Musée de la bataille du 6 août 1870

The museum of the Battle of August 6, 1870 is located in Wœrth in Bas-Rhin. Situated in a rural territory, it is dedicated to the historical event that took place in this area duri…

2 Rue du Moulin, 67360 Wœrth, France

Musée du château Charles VII

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

Musée Narbo Via

Narbo Via is a site museum located in Narbonne in Aude. It dedicates its collections to Roman antiquity and offers its programs across three geographic centers: the main museum, th…

2 Av. André Mècle, 11100 Narbonne, France

Musée de la Guerre 1870

The 1870 War Museum is located in Orgères-en-Beauce, in Eure-et-Loir, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Situated in the House of Public Services, it is dedicated to the history of…

2 Rue de l'Arsenal

Musée du vieux Toulouse

The Museum of Old Toulouse, housed in the Dumay Hotel in the city center, is a museum. Located on rue du May in Toulouse, in Haute-Garonne, it is dedicated to the history and herit…

7 Rue du May, 31000 Toulouse, France

Musée archéologique Théo Desplans

The Théo Desplans archaeological museum is a site museum located in Vaison-la-Romaine, in Vaucluse. Situated on a major archaeological site, it contributes to the promotion of the…

Site Antique de Puymin, 14 Rue Burrus, 84110 Vaison-la-Romaine, France

Musée gallo-romain de Biesheim

Installed since 1990 in the Capitole building in Biesheim, the Gallo-Roman museum is a site museum dedicated to the remains of a vast ancient settlement from the 1st to 5th century…

Rue de l'Église, 68600 Biesheim, France

Musée de la Romanité

The Museum of Romanity is an archaeological museum located in Nîmes in the Gard department. It offers a journey through twenty-five centuries of history of the Nîmes region, from G…

16 Bd des Arènes, 30000 Nîmes, France

Musée de l'armée

The Army Museum is a public institution located in Paris, within the National Hôtel des Invalides. Holding the label, it collects and preserves collections of weapons, armor, artil…

129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France

Musée de la Gendarmerie

The Museum of the Gendarmerie is located in Melun, in Seine-et-Marne. It is dedicated to the history and collections of the National Gendarmerie. The museum documents the evolution…

Av. du Treizième Dragons, 77000 Melun, France

Musée de l'Arles antique

The Museum of Ancient Arles is a museum located in Arles, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. Recognized under the Heritage Code since 2003, it is dedicated to the collections and remai…

Presqu'île du Cirque Romain, 13200 Arles, France

Hôtel Cabu, musée d'histoire et d'archéologie

The Hôtel Cabu, Museum of History and Archaeology, is housed in a Renaissance building constructed in 1550 for Philippe Cabu, whose façade decorated with three superimposed orders…

Square Abbé Desnoyers, 1, 45000 Orléans, France

Château de Sceaux, musée départemental

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

Musée Louis-Philippe

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

MAHB musée d'art et d'histoire Baron Gérard

The Bayeux Tapestry Museum is currently closed for renovation work, with reopening scheduled for October 2027. Located in Bayeux in Calvados, in Normandy, it is one of three museum…

37 Rue du Bienvenu, 14400 Bayeux, France

Palais-musée des Archevêques de Narbonne

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

Musée de Bibracte

The Bibracte Museum is an archaeological site museum located at the foot of Mont Beuvray, in Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray in Saône-et-Loire. It is dedicated to the history of the Galli…

2 route Jacques-Gabriel Bulliot, 71990 Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, France

Musée protestant

The Protestant Museum of La Rochelle is dedicated to the history of Protestantism in the La Rochelle region, in Aunis and Saintonge. Located in the city's Protestant Temple, it pre…

2 Rue Saint-Michel, 17000 La Rochelle, France

Musée archéologique de la porte du Croux

The archaeological museum of the Porte du Croux is located in Nevers, in Nièvre. It benefits from the label, within the meaning of the Heritage Code. The museum occupies a major ar…

13B Rue de la Prte du Croux, 58000 Nevers, France

Musée de la Libération de Paris - musée du général Leclerc - musée Jean Moulin

The Museum of the Liberation of Paris – General Leclerc Museum – Jean Moulin Museum is an establishment of the City of Paris located at 4, avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, in th…

4 Av. du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, 75014 Paris, France

Musée Henri Prades

The Lattara Archaeological Site – Henri Prades Museum is a site museum located in Lattes, in the Hérault. The museum presents the remains and history of Lattara, a Gallic port in t…

390 Rte de Pérols, 34970 Lattes, France

Musée d'art et d'histoire de l'hôpital Sainte-Anne

The Museum of Art and History of Sainte-Anne Hospital is a museum located in Paris, on the historic site of Sainte-Anne Hospital in Île-de-France. It is dedicated to the preservati…

1 Rue Cabanis, 75014 Paris, France

Musée d'Aquitaine

The Museum of Aquitaine is a museum located in Bordeaux, in the Gironde department. It has been housed at 20 cours Pasteur since 1987, in the premises of the former Palace of Facul…

20 Cr Pasteur, 33000 Bordeaux, France

Musée municipal des cordeliers

The Musée municipal des Cordeliers is located in Saint-Jean-d'Angély in Charente-Maritime. The museum is currently undergoing a major transformation, with closure scheduled for May…

9 Rue Regnaud, 17400 Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France

Musée du protestantisme, de la Réforme à la laïcité

The Museum of Protestantism, from the Reformation to Secularism, located in Fontrieu in the Tarn, is a museum in a rural area. It is dedicated to the history of Protestantism, from…

Fontrieu, 235 hameau la Ramade, 81260 Ferrières, France

Musée du château des ducs de Bretagne

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

Musée Napoléon Ier

The Napoleon I Museum is housed in the former royal military school of Brienne-le-Château, a building classified as a Historic Monument since 1933. Created in 1969 around collectio…

34 Rue de l'École Militaire, 10500 Brienne-le-Château, France

Musée de la figurine historique

The Museum of Historical Figurines is located in Compiègne, in the Oise department, in the Hauts-de-France region. It presents a unique and varied collection dedicated to historica…

1 Pl. d'Orléans, 60200 Compiègne, France

Musée du domaine royal de Marly Louveciennes

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

Historial de la Vendée

The Historial de la Vendée is a museum located in Lucs-sur-Boulogne, in Vendée, in a rural setting of the Pays-de-la-Loire territory. Recognized as a museum of France, it offers an…

All. Paul Bazin, 85170 Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne, France

Musée de l'assistance publique - hôpitaux de Paris

The Museum of Public Assistance – Hospitals of Paris is a museum located in Paris. It is devoted to the history of public assistance and the Parisian hospital system. The museum is…

78 Rue du Général Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Musée Carnavalet - histoire de Paris

The Carnavalet Museum – History of Paris is the oldest municipal museum in the capital. Located in the heart of the Marais, on rue Madame de Sévigné in the 3rd arrondissement, it i…

23 Rue de Sévigné, 75003 Paris, France

Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois Préau

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

Musée franco-américain du château de Blérancourt

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

Musée de la bataille de Tilly-sur-Seulles

The Tilly-sur-Seulles Battle Museum is a museum in a rural setting, located in Calvados in Normandy. It has been open since September 17, 2003. Dedicated to a major historical even…

18 Rue du 18 Juin 1944, 14250 Tilly-sur-Seulles, France

Musée archéologique de Cimiez

An archaeological site museum established on the territory of the former Roman city of Cemenelum, the Museum of Archaeology of Nice Cimiez presents the remains of this ancient city…

160 Av. des Arènes de Cimiez, 06000 Nice, France