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History Museums in France

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History Museums in France

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A stained-glass window depicting a religious scene with clergy, nuns, and a figure in a cave, featuring a red banner with "CREANTS LOURDES" text.

Lourdes, Midi-Pyrénées

Musée des Apparitions

Museum of Bernadette's relics and 1858 apparitions

Free

Neoclassical facade of the Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux

Bordeaux, Aquitaine

Musée d'Aquitaine

Historic museum of Bordeaux's 400,000-year heritage
The image shows the modern glass-and-concrete entrance extension attached to a historic stone building, with a vertical banner on the right wall reading "MUSÉE DE LA RÉSISTANCE ET DE LA DÉPORTATION" and a small blue plaque below it indicating "Bes

Carcassonne, Midi-Pyrénées

Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation

Museum of Resistance and Deportation in Carcassonne
A diorama or scale model depicting an underwater archaeological excavation site with miniature figures, a boat, and structural remains.

Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Arles Antique Museum (Musée Départemental Arles Antique)

Roman antiquities museum housing the oldest bust of Juliu...

From €5

The Renaissance Hôtel Cujas in Bourges, home of the Musée du Berry

Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire

Musée du Berry

19th-century art and archaeology in Hôtel Cujas
Neoclassical portico and pediment sculptures of the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy, Dijon.

Dijon, Burgundy

Palais des Ducs de Bourgogne et des États de Bourgogne

14th-century ducal palace housing Dijon's City Hall
A long, narrow underground tunnel with rough, earthen walls and a damp floor, featuring concrete ceiling segments and faint graffiti or markings on the left wall.

Provins, Île-de-France

Underground Galleries

Medieval quarries for Fuller's earth

From €4

The image shows a large, semi-circular hemicycle chamber filled with seated delegates at desks, featuring a prominent European Union flag at the front, multiple national flags, and tiered public viewing galleries; signage includes digital screens

Strasbourg, Alsace

European Parliament

Free EU Parliament tours with Hemicycle access

Free

The image shows the Palais de l'Île, a medieval stone building with conical roofs situated on a triangular islet in the Canal du Thiou, flanked by colorful buildings and illuminated streetlamps at dusk.

Annecy, Rhône-Alpes

Palais de l'Isle

12th-century courthouse on a canal island

From €2

The image shows a vintage postcard view of a European town square featuring a large Gothic-style church with twin spires on the left and a neoclassical building with columns (labeled "Palais de Justice") on the right, with text at the bottom readi

Pau, Aquitaine

Place du Palais

Renaissance castle, birthplace of Henry IV
The Château de Saumur, home of the horse museum

Saumur, Pays de la Loire

Musée du Cheval

National Equestrian Museum in Saumur's Château

From €6.50

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