Institutes - Cultural centers Tarn-Et-Garonne

The research and documentation centre on Romanesque art contains reproductions of the illuminations of the abbey of Moissac and a library specialising in Romanesque art. The municipal archives of Moissac can also be consulted here. It is an extremely important resource for understanding the past of the town and more broadly the history of the region and even of France. Researchers and students can consult the works on request in order to study them.

The small town of Dunes has an extremely well-stocked and well-known Occitan documentation center. Visitors have access to various types of French and Occitan documents to consult on the spot: books, magazines, video cassettes... You will learn more about the local culture, its history, its gastronomy, its language and much more. It is a necessary stop for those who don't want to just visit the tourist sites, but really learn more about everything that led this region to its particular identity.

The centre on Romanesque art contains illuminations, incunabula and other local archives available to researchers. This important collection of documentation on Romanesque art also provides an opportunity to discover the work of the illuminators of Moissag. While sculptors worked on the decoration of the capitals of the cloister in the 11th and 12th centuries, scribes and illuminators produced the often ornate manuscripts in the monastery library.