MUSEUMS

The museums

The first French provincial museum, the Nantes Musée des Beaux-Arts fine arts museum is a top class cultural show-case. Major temporary exhibitions regularly liven the cultural life of Nantes.

Castle of the Dukes of Brittany

The castle of the Dukes of Brittany, new museum concept based on the history of Nantes, making use of the latest audiovisual and multimedia technologies. Historic Brittany, the history of the port, the Loire, the slave trade, cultural and artistic history will all be displayed in the same site.

Fine arts museum

One of the finest collections in France, from Italian Primitives to contemporary artists. You can see Ingres, de La Tour, and Courbet here before going on to find Chagall, Picasso, Chaissac, Morellet...>>].

Natural History museum

Zoological, botanical, earth sciences, pre-history and ethnological collections and the gigantic skeleton of a rorqual fills a whole room of the museum.>>]

Jules Verne museum

Anchored at the top of the Butte Saint-Anne, a new Jules Verne museum open : exhibition using multimedia technologies. >>]

Dobrée museum

the Dobrée museum houses collections of objects and paintings, furniture and tapestries. To these precious collections are added those of the archaeological society and the golden reliquary of the hearts of Anne de Bretagne. >>]

Museum of printing

In today's digital world of IT, take a look back at the printing trade in an authentic atmosphere, impregnated with the smells of lead and ink. You can operate the machines and use the old tools. >>]

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Musée Compagnonnique (Exhibition of masterpieces crafted by the journeymen.)
Musée naval Maillé Brézé (naval museum)
Planetarium
FRAC The Pays de la Loire regional contemporary art collection.