So focused on local history, our museums can fill you in not just on the traditions and customs of the area but also it’s flora and fauna too. By gum, what are all these sharks’s teeth around the place? Find out why they’re there !


Maurice Dufresne Museum

AZAY-LE-RIDEAU

Maurice Dufresne Museum lies in a stunning former mill on the banks of the Indre in Azay-le-Rideau whose restored...

Véron Ecomuseum

SAVIGNY-EN-VERON

In the heart of the countryside, at the confl uence of the Loire and the Vienne, the écoMusée (museum of...

Maison du Souvenir – Memory House

MAILLÉ

On 25th August 1944, while Paris celebrated its liberation, 124 inhabitants of the village were tracked down and...

La Petite France – Model train...

SAVIGNE-SUR-LATHAN

A fabulous collection from the 1920's to the present day. Sound and Lights and miniature animations. After the visit,...

Royal Abbey of Saint Pierre de Bourgueil

BOURGUEIL

13 & 18th-century buildings. 10th-century ruins. Particularly remarkable are the refectory of the infirmary with its...

The steam train of Rillé

RILLE

For everybody: take a ride in an old steam train. For members of the association: railway maintenance workshops and...

Loire Sailors Museum

CHOUZE-SUR-LOIRE

Sailors' artefacts, models of famous Loire boats. A museum packed with memories of the golden days of the port at...

Museum of Savignéen

SAVIGNE-SUR-LATHAN

The museum is housed in a fine XVIIIth-century building. Since 1974 it has been home to a collection of marine (coral,...

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