MUSEUM OF AUTOMATONS AND SCALE MODELS
Read moreLocated near the Media Center and just two steps away from a beautiful oceanic walk, these museums are a pretty stop. If you arrive from the city, you need to take your car! Choose the smuggler who will take you up to here in a moment. The Automates Museum, first of its kind in France and opened since 1984, has some prestigious pieces. It offers the joy of watching a collection of ancient figurines from all over Europe. The research has been thorough: sales rooms, antique dealers, granaries, department stores… the result is up to the height, with automates dating back to the nineteenth century and those commercials of the 1950 s, but also historical reconstructions like this district of Montmartre in the early twentieth century, with its shops and windows. The Museum of Reduced Models, nestled right next door, also offers a trip to childhood in the small world of imaginary. The visit is more classical and allows you to admire, among other things, models of boats facing in a naval battle or referring to the Great Discoveries and of course railway circuits.
THE PORT OF THE SALTWORKS
Ecomuseum located in Le Grand-Village-Plage, with huts to discover ...Read more
THE MUSEUM OF THE TREASURES OF LISETTE
Read moreThis small museum - opened in 1998 - is located in the small village of Archingeay. Installed in the old school of the village, it allows a dive in the beginning of the XXth century. The scenes evoke the daily life of a housewife: enamelled coffee pots, cake moulds, scales, as well as curiosities, toys, fashion... The visit is both amusing and moving! Not to be missed after the tour: a magnificent collection of boxes (1880-1930).
NAPOLEONIC AND AFRICAN MUSEUMS
Museum where you can discover Napoleon's sword and a fragment of his ...Read more
ALDERMEN'S MUSEUM
A remarkable museum in the former City Hall of Saintes, an heir to the ...Read more
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Museum created in 1815, in a pleasant location just a stone's throw from ...Read more
DUPUY-MESTREAU REGIONAL MUSEUM
A museum with a collection of regional art, paintings and a reconstruction ...Read more
CORDILLERAS MUSEUM
Cordeliers museum located in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, presenting the ...Read more
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Archaeological museum, presenting about fifteen showcases of numerous ...Read more
FOURAS-LES-BAINS MUSEUM - FORT VAUBAN
Fouras regional museum, classified as a "musée de France", recounts the ...Read more
MUSEUM OF LOCAL HISTORY AND FISHING
Museum presenting a rich collection allowing to know better the history of ...Read more
THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF HAUTE-SAINTONGE
This Echappées Nature site, located in the heart of a forest, is a true ...Read more
MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF CRAFTS AND POPULAR TRADITIONS
Read moreThe museum presents in the former presbytery of the commune nine trades to the old as well as the corresponding tools, put into situation thanks to models: farmer, carpenter, charron, shoemaker, blacksmith, carpenter, résinier, sabotier and cooper. It is a success. And don't forget to climb on the floor, you'll find a nice pottery exhibition. For children, the course is punctuated by riddles to be resolved to access the Treasure trove of Métiers's trades.
BICYCLE MUSEUM
Museum in Hiers-Brouage, presenting the history of the famous draisienne ...Read more
MUSÉE AUTOMOBILE DE L'AUNIS
Automobile museum in Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, exhibiting vehicles from 1914 to ...Read more
ROCHE MUSEUM OF PROTESTANT HISTORY
Museum evoking the history of Protestantism in La Rochelle since the city ...Read more
ECOMUSEUM OF THE PENINSULA
Ecomuseum contributing to the protection of the Charente estuary and the ...Read more