The museums of the Dordogne: Artistic, craft, cultural and industrial heritage.
Museums on the themes of prehistory, the Middle Ages, antiquity, museums dedicated to gastronomy and agriculture: nuts, foie gras, tobacco or simply art museums.
A visit to the museums of the Dordogne will allow you to discover the heritage, the cultural, historical and artistic richness of the Périgord.
Galerie de l’Or
Learn all about precious metal
Located in an old cellar adjoining the tourist Office and a few steps from the Château de Jumilhac, the Gold Gallery presents an exhibition...
Musée d’art et d’archéologie du Périgord
Prehistory, ethnography and fine arts
The Museum of Art and Archaeology of the Périgord is the oldest in the Dordogne department, with over 45,000 works of art...
Château de Commarque
The Mysteries of the Forgotten Fortress
The Castle of Combrand: a medieval castrum overlooking the valley of the Beune, the castle of Commarque was built in order to...
Moulin à Papier de la Rouzique
Discover the secrets of artisanal papermaking!
Couze and Saint-Front, the cradle of papermaking in the South West, is a small village on the banks of the Dordogne which has housed up to 13 mills...
Dordonha
Heritage and cultural pole of Dordogne
Dordonha is a museographic space dedicated to the heritage and the culture of Périgord, it is located in the Petite Mission, a built complex...
Musée National de la Préhistoire
More than 18,000 pieces in a completely new museography
Located in the old castle of Les Eyzies de Taillac since 1911, embedded in the cliff overlooking the village, the National Museum of the...
Musée d’Histoire de la Médecine de Hautefort
Hôtel-Dieu de Hautefort
The Hôtel-Dieu d'Hautefort dates from the 17th century and today houses the museum of the history of medicine...
Château de Varaignes Musée des Tisserands
Workshop-museum of the Weavers and the Charentaise
The castle of Varaignes was built in the 14th century and underwent many changes until the 16th century.
Vésunna
Gallo-Roman museum site in Périgueux
Vesunna is the ancient city of Périgueux, it occupied a 60-hectare meander on the right bank of the river Isle The Vesunna Museum is a museum...
Musée du Chai de Lardimalie
Wine Museum, Chai de Lardimalie
Near Périgueux, in the centre of the Dordogne, in the Périgord Blanc, the Chai Museum of Lardimalie is located in a wine building built...
Maison Forte de Reignac
Unique troglodytic "cliff castle" in France, museum of torture
The fortified house of Reignac has been preserved in an exceptional state since the 14th century and is entirely period.
Le Moulin de la Veyssière
Artisanal oils and flours
The Moulin de la Veyssière is an almost thousand-year-old mill located in Neuvic, in the heart of the Périgord Blanc. It is the only mill still in operation...
Musée Fernand Desmoulin
The museum presents the mediumistic work of the painter and aquafortist Fernand Desmoulin (1853-1914) He was won over by the fever of spiritualism very early in...
Le Parc du Thot
Extend your experience in prehistory
In the Parc du Thot, you will discover Cro-Magnon man and his relationship with the species that lived in his time, which he sometimes painted or...
Musée de la ville de Bergerac, du vin et de la batellerie
The city's museum of art and history.
The Museum of the city of Bergerac, wine and inland navigation is located in a half-timbered building that was once a tavern on the port of Bergerac.
La Filature de Belvès
Discovering the craft and industrial heritage
Situated at the foot of the village of Belvès, classified as one of the "most beautiful villages in France", in an old mill in the Nauze valley, with...
Ecomusée de la truffe
Unlock the mysteries of the black diamond
It is quite natural that the truffle eco-museum is located in Sorges. Indeed Sorges, a small town in the north-east of the...
Gorodka
Village of Singular Art 4 km from Sarlat
Gorodka is part of the itinerary of Singular Art (published by the Palais du Facteur Cheval) "If there was a competition...
La Gare Robert Doisneau
The meeting of Doisneau and the Dordogne
The Robert Doisneau station is an exhibition place dedicated to the famous photographer Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) was known for his photographs...
Compagnie Générale de Minéraux et Bijouterie
Workshop-Museum of minerals and jewellery in the Dordogne, free visit.
Free visit of our museum Remarkable for their richness of form and colour, minerals have enchanted mankind for centuries.
Musée de La Rue du temps qui passe
A leap in time...
What is the Museum of the Passing of Time? Imagine being able to go back in time, the time of a walk in the streets...
Maison de la Châtaigne
Ecomuseum of chestnuts and Perigord undergrowth
The Chestnut is an emblematic fruit of the Périgord Noir in the same way as ceps and truffles The house of the chestnut located at...
Lascaux 4 Centre International de l’Art Pariétal
Lascaux International Centre for Cave Art ( lascaux 4 )
The facsimile of the cave of Lascaux Lascaux 4 hosts the replica of the famous cave of Lascaux, named after the hill underneath...
La Coutellerie Nontronnaise
The origins of French knives
The Nontronnaise Cutlery is a major actor in the French regional knives landscape, thanks to its ancestral know-how The knife...
Château de Castelnaud
Medieval castle, war Museum in the Middle Ages in the Dordogne
The Château de Castelnaud dominates the valley of the Dordogne, facing the castle of Beynac located on the other side of the...
Le Regourdou
The Neanderthal Sanctuary
The extraordinary story of Regourdou began in 1954 when Roger Constant, the owner of a farm near the cave of Regourdou,...
Musée Costi
A remarkable collection of sculptures by the artist Costi
The former presbytery of Saint Jacques in Bergerac hosts under the remarkable vaults of the cellar of the Petite Mission the museum of the...
Musée du tabac
Original museum by its theme
Bergerac is home to the Tobacco Museum, it is not a promotional tool and is not only for smokers (smoking is recognized as a serious problem in the...