Museums and Ecology Museums

MUSEE ORNITHOLOGIQUE CHARLES PAYRAUDEAU

LA CHAIZE LE VICOMTE

The museum showcases the stuffed bird collection of Vendée naturalist Charles Payraudeau (1798-1865),

BOURRINE DU BOIS JUQUAUD

SAINT HILAIRE DE RIEZ

The “Bourrine du Bois Juquaud” is an authentic collection of mud buildings covered in reeds.

MAISON ET JARDINS GEORGES CLEMENCEAU

SAINT VINCENT SUR JARD

In 1919, just before the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Georges Clemenceau, then 78, decided to retire to his native Vendée.

LE CAIRN, PREHISTORIC CENTER

SAINT HILAIRE LA FORET

Travel back in time 5,000 years and have fun discovering the secrets of the prehistoric era.

REFUGE DE GRASLA

LES BROUZILS

A unique voyage into the heart of history!

ECOMUSEE DU MARAIS VENDEEN - LE DAVIAUD

LA BARRE DE MONT

Come end experience life in the Vendée marshes at this delightful Ecomuseum in Le Daviaud.

VENDEE MINIATURE

BRETIGNOLLES SUR MER

Step back in time to a bygone age.

FEERIE DES SANTONS

BEAULIEU SOUS LA ROCHE

Marvel at these magnificent miniature villages peopled with 600 riginal santons (crib figurines) and listen to the stories they have to tell.

MUSSE CHARLES MILCENDEAU

SOULLANS

Tucked away against a verdant backdrop in the heart of the marshes, you’ll find a museum dedicated to the painter Charles Milcendeau.

MUSEUM DU COQUILLAGE

LES SABLES D’OLONNE

A private collection of tropical seashells from around the world.

MUSEE DU CHATEAU DE NOIRMOUTIER

NOIRMOUTIER EN L’ILE

This 12th century medieval castle, one of the best-preserved in the Vendée, has weathered the centuries well and managed to retain all its charm.

HISTORIAL DE LA VENDEE

In the heart of the Boulogne valley, take a journey through 7 000 years of history in our state-of-the–art museum, where you will meet early Neolithic hunters and interact with the great humanists (...)

MUSEE DES USTENSILES DE CUISINE ANCIENS

SAINT DENIS LA CHEVASSE

This charming museum, housed in 19th century teachers’ lodgings in the heart of the village, is the first one of its kind in France devoted entirely to the development of kitchen utensils through (...)

LA MIE CÂLINE - MUSEE

SALLERTAINE

Welcome to the “La Mie Câline” museum at Sallertaine and production plant at Saint Jean de Monts, where you will find out all you ever wanted to know about (...)

ESPACE DES RECORDS

AUBIGNY

Located in verdant surroundings, the “ESPACE DES RECORDS” Museum takes you on a strange but wonderful journey into the “World of the Extreme”.

MANOIR DES SCIENCES DE REAUMUR

REAUMUR

In the company of a small boy who has just caught an insect in the countryside, enter the strange and exciting world of the 18th century scientist and scholar, (...)

MUSEE DES TRADITIONS POPULAIRES

OLONNE SUR MER

The “Musée des Traditions Populaires” (Museum of Popular Traditions), housed in a former school dating back to 1891.

MUSEE DE L’ABBAYE SAINTE CROIX

LES SABLES D’OLONNE

This municipal museum, is housed in a building dating back to the 17th century.

MUSEE NATIONAL DES DEUX VICTOIRES CLEMENCEAU - DE LATTRE - MAISON NATALE DU MARECHAL DE LATTRE

MOUILLERON EN PAREDS

This commemorative museum draws a parallel between Georges CLEMENCEAU and Jean de LATTRE,

MUSEE DE L’AUTOMOBILE

TALMONT SAINT HILAIRE

Welcome to the Vendée Automobile Museum, a fascinating collection of vehicles started by Gaston GIRON in 1939 and added to over time.

ESPACE GASTON CHAISSAC

SAINTE FLORENCE

Come and visit the former village school with its exterior restored to how it was when Gaston Chaissac lived here.

CENTRE MINIER DE FAYMOREAU

FAYMOREAU

Journey to the centre of the mine.

MUSEE DE FONTENAY LE COMTE

FONTENAY LE COMTE

Founded in 1875, the Fontenay Museum was declared a “Musée de France” in 2003 and counts amongst its exhibits a remarkable collection of Gallo-Roman glassware and a collection of local Vendée (...)

MAISON DU MAITRE DE DIGUES

CHAILLE LES MARAIS

The Dykemaster’s House: a profession, a way of life, a region’s history !

MUSEE ANDRE DELUOL

SAINT MICHEL EN L’HERM

Dedicated to the memory of sculptor André Deluol (1909-2003), the museum houses a collection of more than 150 pieces by this remarkable artist, whose work glorifies the human (...)