Pays-de-la-Loire
The Pays-de-la-Loire region offers 12 museums dedicated to traditional crafts and their transmission. The Museum Workshop of Printing in Nantes, the Museum of Trades of St Laurent de la Plaine in Anjou and the Museum of Shoe Trades illustrate the artisanal expertise of Angevin and Nantes. These institutions document the ancestral techniques that shaped the local economy and regional identity. Discover below the 12 museums referenced on The Artwork Room.
12 musées

The Museum Workshop of the Nantes Printing House, located on the Fosse Quay, is a repository of materials, techniques and printing trades. It offers daily guided tours with demonst…
24 Quai de la Fosse
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The Museum of Trades is located in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine, in Mauges-sur-Loire (Maine-et-Loire). Since 1970, it has displayed its collections over approximately 5,000 m² spread…
Place de l'Église
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The Shoe Crafts Museum is located in a former shoe factory in Sèvremonie, in Maine-et-Loire. It documents the industrial expertise that marked the history of the Mauges and Choleta…
6 Rue Saint-Paul
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The House of Milling is a heritage site established in 1728 in Rives-d'Autise in Vendée, in the Poitevin Marsh. It comprises a functional water mill and constitutes a place of memo…
16 Rue du Moulin
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Ecomusée Rural du Pays Nantais
Vigneux-de-Bretagne · Loire-Atlantique
The Rural Ecomuseum of the Nantais Region is a site museum established in Vigneux-de-Bretagne, in Loire-Atlantique. It is organized around several distinct locations: the Pâquelais…
81 Rue Anne de Bretagne
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The Conservatory of Old Trades is a local history museum located in Saint-Père-en-Retz, in Loire-Atlantique. Occupying an area of 1500 m², it brings together approximately 3200 too…
14 Chem. Sainte-Opportune
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The Beauvais Point Museum is located in Bourg-le-Roi, in Sarthe, in the heart of this historic city in the Pays-de-la-Loire region. Entirely devoted to the art of Beauvais Point, i…
76 Rue du Point de Beauvais
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The Museum of Headdresses, located in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe in Sarthe, is dedicated to traditional headdresses formerly worn by women in the region. The collection features a wide sel…
3 Rue Saint-Sauveur
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Musée de l'Imprimerie Ancienne
Blain · Loire-Atlantique
The Museum of Ancient Printing is a workshop-museum founded in 1997 in Blain, Loire-Atlantique, in the former stables of the Groulais castle. Managed by the Amagraph association (F…
6 All. Olivier V de Clisson
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The Museum of Mayenne Weavers, established in Ambrières-les-Vallées in Mayenne, is a rural territorial museum dedicated to textile practices and regional heritage. Labeled accordin…
Pl. Billard de Veaux, 53300 Ambrières-les-Vallées, France
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The Espace Faïence Museum in Malicorne is dedicated to earthenware and ceramics, two areas of excellence in the region. Located in Malicorne-sur-Sarthe in Pays-de-la-Loire, this si…
Rue Victor Hugo, 72270 Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, France
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The Textile and Fashion Museum has been located since 1995 in a former bleaching factory built in 1881 by Calixte Ouvrard, one of the last witnesses to Cholet's textile activity, t…
Rue du Dr Roux, 49300 Cholet, France
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