The best museums Rhônes-Alpes

Facing the Ile Barbe, in a sumptuous natural setting, Charles Couty has opened a museum dedicated to the work of his father, the painter Jean Couty (1907-1991) - winner of the Paris Critics' Prize in 1950 and the Grand Prix des Peintres Témointres de leur Temps in 1975 - but also to modern and contemporary art. A place out of the ordinary by the beauty of the site, the architectural beauty of the building and by the collections that one discovers there. Jean Couty, a figurative painter who loved to paint Lyon - but also the landscapes from here and elsewhere, the Romanesque churches -, gives us his vision of the city, the women and men he met there. A total of 150 works, including 120 paintings, are on display with sketches, drawings and other objects familiar to the artist. The hangings allow visitors to come back regularly to discover new works, such as these "Landscapes from here and elsewhere". It's a great idea to highlight a Lyon artist who left his mark on his time: a museum that catches the eye and pleases the mind.

This museum, located in the former town hall and school of Cuisat, highlights the local heritage and traditions of this region of the Ain. Several exhibition rooms retrace the life of yesteryear, and the collections focus on showing the close relationship that man has had with domestic nature and flora, particularly local varieties of cultivated plants. An emphasis on the living heritage and its environment with a garden and orchard with an exceptional collection. The museum organizes tours adapted to young visitors and more broadly to families with workshops and themed exhibitions.

Hypocondriac or simply curious to know better a little-known heritage, the one related to our health, leads an unusual museum. The Grenoble Museum of Medical Sciences has set itself the mission of preserving and enhancing the local hospital heritage and, more broadly, that of health. Located in the heart of the hospital area, in the former chapel of the Asile des Vieillards, this museum area is now only open to the public for temporary exhibitions with a forthcoming exhibition devoted to the evolution of hospital surgery. To be continued.

The house of Accordions and Ancient Instruments preserves in its walls a beautiful collection of five hundred instruments of different eras. For two hours you will be able to admire them under all the seams, they are within your reach, aligned with tables, so it is easy to compare the different models while carefully following the explanations that will allow you to better restore their evolution over time. It will inevitably create some vocations, advice to amateurs!

A rare museum that leads us to discover the work of a lifetime. This life transformed under our eyes in works of art is that of Joseph Junique, whose wooden marvels are présente and translucent, sculpted in a very original way. Joseph says Alexey Junique first created polychrome toys in wood and musical instruments, and then evolves by giving shape to glued objects such as these vases or cuts. Finally, he discovers the translucent wood to use it as a jewellery material giving rise to real jewelry. In our eyes, it is a love story that is unfolding, that of a simple and brilliant man with a noble and living material, wood. A museum to discover with interest.

This is an original museum! In the 4 rooms of the Radio House, you will find more than 350 radio stations in the years 1920 to 1960, des, phonographs, pavillon, record, oublier, a demonstration technical table and numerous documentations and époque.