Museums in France

Discover 62 unusual museums in France.

La Maison de Robespierre

One of the most notorious leaders of the French Revolution once lived here.

Musee de l'insolite (Museum of the Unusual)

An unusual, funny and fantastic open air museum.

La Maison du Brie de Meaux

Visit a museum dedicated to the “the king of cheeses.”

Migné-Auxances, France

Musée d'Art Populaire

An enormous collection of cars, figurines, signs, puppets, strollers and other collectibles.

Toulouse, France

Musée de l'Histoire de la Médecine (Museum of the History of Medicine)

A journey through the history of medicine throughout the centuries.

Museum workers outside the entrance to the second building of the museum.

Musée de la Coutellerie (Thiers Cutlery Museum)

The history of knife-making in this French city is explored through this museum.

The vineyards.

Corkscrew and Vineyard Museum

View one man's eccentric collection of nearly 5,000 corkscrews, then sip some Chablis.

Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France

Birthplace of Joan of Arc

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

Le Tréport, France

Kahl-Bürg

Deep in the limestone cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, a German fortress built during World War II.

Maison du Charolais

Charolles, France

Maison du Charolais

An interactive museum and restaurant devoted to a prestigious breed of cattle.

The fresco for the World Fair of 1889 in Paris

Paray-le-Monial, France

Musée d'Art et d'Industrie Paul Charnoz

Explore the art and history of intricate, hand-crafted tile designs at this small museum.

Maison de Nostradamus

Salon-de-Provence, France

Maison de Nostradamus

The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.

Museum entrance

Mundolingua

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

Interior of the house

Maison de Victor Hugo

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

Weaving silk on a loom

Maison des Canuts (Silk Workers' Center)

Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

The four-way staircase.

Musee du Compagnonnage

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.