Bretagne
Patrimoine maritime Museums in Bretagne
18 museumsBrittany is home to 18 museums dedicated to maritime heritage and nautical legacy. The Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly, the Port-musée and the Museum of Art and History of the City of Lorient illustrate the richness of Breton maritime culture. This region, anchored in the tradition of navigators and shipbuilders, has a unique relationship with the sea. Discover below the 18 museums listed on The Artwork Room.
18 musées
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 a…
Lorient La Base, Rue Roland Morillot
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Port-musée
The Port-Museum of Douarnenez is an open-air museum dedicated to boats and maritime cultures. Located on the port of Douarnenez in Finistère, it offers a nationally significant col…
Pl. de l'Enfer
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Musée d'art et d'histoire de la Ville de Lorient
The Museum of the India Company is a site museum located in Port-Louis, in Morbihan, Brittany. As an institution, it is engaged in a process of preserving and transmitting heritage…
Citadelle de Port-Louis,, Avenue du Fort de l'Aigle
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Musée mémorial international de la Bataille de l'Atlantique
The International Memorial Museum of the Battle of the Atlantic is located in a blockhouse on the Kerbonn cliff in Camaret-sur-Mer, overlooking the sea fifty meters above. Dedicate…
Fort de
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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
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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
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Musée départemental des phares et balises
The departmental museum of lighthouses and beacons is located on the island of Ouessant, in Finistère, in rural Brittany. It has been labeled since 2003 under the Heritage Code. Es…
Île d, Ouessant FR Le Créac'h
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Musée des Thoniers
The Tuna Boat Museum is an associative museum located in Étel, in Morbihan, near the port and the Étel Bar. It traces the maritime history of the region, particularly the epic of t…
3 Imp. Jean Bart
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Musée des Terre-Neuvas
The Museum of Newfoundland Fishermen is an institution dedicated to preserving and promoting the memory of Saint-Malo shipowners and sailors engaged in fishing off Newfoundland. Lo…
67 Av. de Moka
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Abri du Marin
Located in the heart of the Sainte-Marine port in Combrit, Finistère, the Musée de l'Abri du Marin is dedicated to the history of shelters for sailors and Breton fishermen. Install…
13 Quai Jacques de Thézac
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Musée de Quiberon
The Quiberon Museum is a history museum housed in a 17th-century house located in the heart of the Quiberon peninsula in Morbihan. The museum presents exhibitions on three floors d…
11 Rue de Port Haliguen
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Ecomusée de l’ile de Groix
The Écomusée of the island of Groix is located on the island's port in a former fish canning factory. It offers visitors a discovery of the local heritage through collections, exhi…
49 Rue du Général de Gaulle
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Musée Saint Mathieu
The Saint Mathieu Museum is housed in the former residence of the lighthouse keepers at the Saint-Mathieu point in Plougonvelin in Finistère. It is managed by the Association of Fr…
Pl. Saint-Tanguy
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Musée du Ponant
The Musée du Ponant is located on rue Saint-Mathieu in Saint-Renan, in Finistère, near the Place du Vieux Marché. Opened in July 2019, the museum is housed in a private mansion dat…
16 Rue Saint-Mathieu
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Musee Abri Du Marin
The Abri du Marin Museum is located on the Île-de-Sein, a small commune in Finistère in Brittany, accessible without an automobile. The museum is part of this island's maritime and…
Quai des Paimpolais
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Musée Mémoire d'Islande
The Iceland and Newfoundland Memory Museum, managed by the association PLAERANEG GWECHALL, is an associative museum located in Ploubazlanec in Côtes-d'Armor. It documents the histo…
6 Rue Abbé le Jeune
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Musée de Bretagne
The Brittany Museum, established in Rennes in Ille-et-Vilaine, is dedicated to the history and society of Brittany. Its collections, comprising nearly 360,000 works and documents,…
10 Cr des Alliés, 35000 Rennes, France
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Musée du long-cours cap-hornier
The Museum of Cape Horn Long-Distance Sailing is located in Saint-Malo, in Ille-et-Vilaine. Labeled as a "Musée de France" since 2003, it is dedicated to maritime history and long-…
Quai Sébastopol, 35400 Saint-Malo, France
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