The best museums Loiret

This beautiful Renaissance building is awarded to the architect Jacques Androuet du Hoop. It was built in 1548 for Philippe Cabu, a lawyer at the Châtelet. Discreet, unknown to the Orléanais, it still houses the Gallo-Roman bronze treasure found in the bed of the Loire in Neuvy-en-Sullias. It is a set of Gallic and Gallo-Roman sculptures known to specialists, but finally far less from the local point of view. The objects, of all beauty, reveal an extremely modern style of Bohemian art. The rest of the collection relates to the city's decorative arts and archaeology: medieval history, Renaissance sculpture, crafts and factories, ceramics. A room is dedicated to the port of Orléans, another to Joan of Arc under Redeployment, one, finally, to the architectural heritage of Orléans through the watercolours of the th century Charles Thought.

To discover how people lived in the past, this animated museum recounts the daily life of the father and mother Mousset 150 years ago. Transformed into a lively museum, this house in traditional habitat presents their lives, from the cellar to the attic and to the dependencies. The church, school and bistro were also reconstructed. Groups (on reservation only) will benefit in addition to a tasting of local products or a taste, choice.

Two beautiful rooms present research dedicated to the history and archaeology of Châtillon-sur-Loire. The first is dedicated to the prehistoric world and the Gallo-Roman ruins, making you want to know more about the past of the town and the region. Silex and fossils subtly coexist. The second is dedicated to the evolution of the Châtillonnais city crossed by the Loire canal. We would like to thank the Castello association for the initiative of this nice little museum.