The best museums Loire-Atlantique

The house houses a collection of ancient objects.

Since of many years, the museum is a meeting place and discoveries. It contains some rare pieces of the crafts of other continents, often brought back by missionaries. For example, works of art, African and oceanic Asian are presented. Information on the missions in the world and different services cooperation and mutual aid with missionaries is revealed.

In case you have not noticed, you are in Abbaretz in the heart of a rural country where agricultural activities have always been the most important. But we are also within the country of the forges where agricultural mechanisation took over from them in particular with the Huard de Châteaubriant and Braud de Saint-Mars-la-Jaille plants. Here you will see worthy jewels of these two productions, but also steam machines, autotractés autotractés and other Farmall tractors dating from the Marshall Plan and many others produced since the beginning of the agricultural machinery. A counsellor to all the curious!

Created in 1982, the Fonds régional d'Art contemporain des Pays de la Loire (FRAC) pursues the mission of building a regional collection of contemporary art, raising public awareness of modern art and participating in the dissemination of all forms of contemporary creation. The creation of international workshops represents a unique experience in France, specific to the FRAC des Pays-de-la-Loire. The works produced are the subject of a balance-sheet exhibition. Every year, the FRAC hosts monographic or thematic exhibitions and organizes events on the region.

Incredible but true, Joel and Annick Tusseau have completely rebuilt a village in the 1950 s. This couple held a masonry company and had empty premises following their retirement. It was after participating in a village party in 2001 that they started collecting all sorts of objects on the theme of the 1950 s. In the museum, we discover a classroom that really existed, with its stove, its maps of geography and its encriers, but also a dairy, a room, a bistro ("Café de la Barre David"), promotional material of the time, tools of the farm, etc. The couple Tusseau sharing his childhood memories, and so just call to book. So if you want to immerse yourself in the world of the Choristers and the Petit Nicolas, don't hesitate!

Plunge into the atmosphere of the activity that has made the richness of the first fishing port of the Loire countries and the eighth French fishing port. By visiting the Museum of Fisheries Museum, you will know all about the evolution of the craft, the boats and the working conditions of the fisherman. From the sardinic trawls from the end of the nineteenth century to the current offshore trawlers armed for anchovy fishing, the turbine fishing world will no longer have any secrets for you leaving this magical place. You will also discover the history of the harbor, the evolution of the turbine fishery, the history of its canneries, the present activity… The present exhibition will make you understand today's fishing activity, the trades, fishing techniques thanks to tools, photos, documents and mock-ups highlight the propellant fishing. It's This visit is aimed at the whole family, a playful journey is offered to children. In addition, guided tours are proposed during the summer: from an old fishing boat, from the port, from the shouting. Contact the tourist office.

After being used as a set in 2016 for a Hollywood blockbuster(Dunkirk, by Christopher Nolan), the Maillé-Brezé is enjoying peaceful days in the port of Nantes. Its imposing gray silhouette can be seen from afar on the Quai de la Fosse (132.5 m long, 12.7 m wide). It is located a stone's throw from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Classified as a historical monument in 1988, it is the first naval museum afloat in France. Seventh military escort of a series of 18, it was built after the war and commissioned in 1957. After serving in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, she was transformed into an anti-submarine warfare ship. She was then handed over to the Nantes Marine Tradition association which takes care of her maintenance and organizes visits on board. She was towed to Nantes in 1988.