Museums
and
Art Galleries
in:
POITOU-
CHARENTES
SOUTH-WEST
FRANCE

Markets tip

No one wants to be up at 6am when on holiday but markets are best visited earlier rather than later – 10am should do it. For food bargains, close to midday is when vendors sell off stuff cheaply. After shopping, either eat what you bought as a picnic, or head to a nearby restaurant

Want to know more about the Poitou-Charentes?

Then see our other stories...

• GORGEOUS BEACHES From child-friendly to surfers’ paradise
• THE CÔTE SAUVAGE Wild beauty along the Atlantic coast
• BEAUTIFUL PLACES Visit the region's award-winning villages
• LA ROCHELLE A fabulously French port town
• COGNAC
• ANIMAL MAGICZoos, aquariums & parks of furry and slithery creatures!
• FUTUROSCOPEAmazing 3D and high-tech attractions at this leisure park near Poitiers
• MARAIS POITEVINThe stunning scenery of our ‘Green Venice’
• GREAT WINEDiscover the region's excellent vintages
• LIVELY MARKETSWhere and how to shop
• CYCLINGAlong the coast & through the countryside
• GOLFChoose from the Poitou-Charentes’ 21 courses

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Museums and Art Galleries in Poitou-Charentes, south-west France

Château de Montendre

17360
Montendre
Tel: 05 46 49 46 45
Castle with museum of 19th century life

Cognathèque

8 place Jean-Monnet
16100 Cognac
Tel: 05 45 82 43 31
Exhibition on cognac and shopping

La Cordiere Royale

Centre International de la Mer
17300 Rochefort
Tel: 05 46 87 81 40
Former royal ropeworks, now a museum

La Maison de Pierre Loti

141 rue Pierre-Loti
17300 Rochefort
Tel: 05 46 99 16 88
Exotically decorated house

Le Nil Paper Museum

134, rue de Bordeau
16007 Angoulême
Tel: 05 45 92 73 43
Paper museum in former mill

Le Vieux Cormenier

Chez Bernardeau
86400 Civray
Tel: 05 49 87 32 33
Scenes of early 20th French rural life

Mouton Village

Maison du Mouton
79340 Vasles
Tel: 05 49 69 12 12
Gardens, displays and attractions devoted to sheep

Musée d’Angoulême

1 rue Friedland
16007 Angoulême
Tel: 05 45 95 79 88
Popular and refurbished museum

Musée de la Bande Déssinée

Quai de la Charente
16007 Angoulême
Tel: 05 17 17 31 00
World famous c omic strip museum

Musée de la Resistance et de la Deportation

34, rue de Genève
16007 Angoulême
Tel: 05 45 38 76 87
Museum devoted to the Resistance

Musée des Arts du cognac (Maco)

Place Salle verte
16100 Cognac
Tel: 05 45 36 21 10
Popular museum in Cognac

Musée des Marionnettes

Place Ludovic-Trarieux 16390
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
Tel: 05 45 98 45 59
Puppets and shows