Museums & culture in France
Museums, galleries, open-air heritage sites and the collections worth planning a day around.
basque village
Ainhoa
city
Ajaccio
cliff village
Angles-sur-l'Anglin
comics city
Angouleme
village and garden
Apremont-sur-Allier
tradition
Aubusson Tapestry
village
Auvers-sur-Oise
crystal town
Baccarat
cliff village
Balazuc
artists' village
Barbizon
fishing village
Barfleur
abbey village
Baume-les-Messieurs
medieval embroidery
Bayeux Tapestry
basque city
Bayonne
wine village
Beaujolais Golden Stones
castle village
Belcastel
village
Beuvron-en-Auge
hillside village
Bormes-les-Mimosas
abbey town
Brantome
forest
Broceliande Forest
hilltop town
Cassel
fishing port
Cassis
modern art museum
Centre Pompidou
art town
Ceret
wine town
Chablis
town
Charleville-Mezieres
wine village
Chateau-Chalon
wine village
Chateauneuf-du-Pape
castle village
Chateauneuf-en-Auxois
replica cave
Chauvet 2
car museum
Cite de l'Automobile
museum
Cite du Vin
town
Clisson
historic house
Clos Luce
seaside village
Collioure
village
Collonges-la-Rouge
pilgrimage village
Conques
hilltop bastide
Cordes-sur-Ciel
cliff village
Cotignac
open-air museum
Ecomusee d'Alsace
wine village
Eguisheim
hill village
Eze
social experiment
Familistere de Guise
tradition
Fest-Noz in Brittany
medieval town
Figeac
megalithic site
Filitosa
village
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain
art museum
Fondation Louis Vuitton
village
Gerberoy
hilltop village
Gordes
walled port
Granville
chateau village
Grignan
harbour town
Honfleur
wine village
Kaysersberg
canal town
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
templar village
La Couvertoirade
museum
La Piscine Museum in Roubaix
cliff village
La Roque-Gageac
abbey village
Lagrasse
gallery
Lascaux and the Dordogne Caves
porcelain city
Limoges
granite village
Locronan
village
Lourmarin
art museum
Louvre-Lens
border town
Menton
gorge village
Minerve
museum
Monet's Gardens at Giverny
village
Montresor
faience village
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie
museum
MuCEM
gallery
Musee d'Orsay
medieval museum
Musee de Cluny
museum
Musee de l'Orangerie
art museum
Musee Marmottan Monet
art museum
Musee Picasso Paris
sculpture museum
Musee Rodin
fortress village
Najac
painted cave
Niaux Cave
medieval village
Noyers-sur-Serein
riverside town
Ornans
painted cave
Pech Merle Cave
tradition
Perfume Making in Grasse
medieval village
Perouges
artisan town
Pezenas
artists' village
Pont-Aven
medieval town
Provins
wine village
Riquewihr
village
Rochefort-en-Terre
cathedral town
Rodez
port town
Roscoff
cliff village
Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
wine village
Saint-Emilion
abbey village
Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert
port town
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
village
Saint-Nectaire
walled village
Saint-Paul-de-Vence
town
Saint-Remy-de-Provence
port town
Saint-Tropez
high village
Saint-Veran
fortified village
Sainte-Suzanne
village
Salers
wine village
Sancerre
granite town
Sartene
medieval town
Semur-en-Auxois
canal port
Sete
cliff village
Talmont-sur-Gironde
gallery
The Louvre
knife town
Thiers
cave dwellings
Troglodyte Villages of Saumur
village
Veules-les-Roses
spa town
Vichy
harbour town
Villefranche-sur-Mer
lakeside village