Museums

Exciting museums explore past and present

The rich and diverse collections of the Corrèze’s museums explore various periods of history from Neanderthal man to today, via the traditional tanning industry in Bort-les-Orgues and the “black nose” workers at the National Arms Factory museum in Tulle. Art is also on the agenda with Tulle lace, the unique collection of Mortlake tapestries from England at the Musée Labenche in Brive and the gifts given to Jacques Chirac which are housed in the Musée du Président in Sarran. The Corrèze has an important Resistance history and three venues are dedicated to the memory of this period when local and national history overlapped.

Museum of the tannery and leather - Bort les Orgues Covering an area of 1,000m², this museum houses approximately 20 machines once used in the tanning industry, such as fullering tools, scrapers...Learn +

Musée Labenche, d'Art et d'Histoire de la ville de Brive - Brive la Gaillarde 100,000 years of history in the Brive region. This art and history museum exhibits collections relating to a wide range of subjects, including...Learn +

Museum Edmond Michelet - Brive la Gaillarde This museum, housed in the former home of Edmond Michelet, resistant and statesman (1899-1970), the museum is devoted to the history of the...Learn +

Musée de l'Homme de Néandertal '' Jean Bouyssonie '' - La Chapelle aux Saints This museum, whose scientific director is Jean-Louis Heim, professor at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, is divided into nine different...Learn +

Museum Marius-Vazeilles - Meymac This museum provides a fascinating introduction to the history of the Plateau de Millevaches from its earliest history to the present day...Learn +

Musée départemental de la résistance ' Henri Queuille ' - Neuvic The museum presents the various facets of Resistance in the Corrèze: secret press, networks of information, sabotages, guerrilla warfare,...Learn +

Musée du Président Jacques Chirac - Sarran Designed by the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, this ontemporary history museum houses the gifts received by the President of the Republic...Learn +

Musée des arts et traditions populaires de la Haute et Moyenne Vézère - Treignac This attractive 16C three-storey house on Rue du Docteur Fleyssac was once the home of Marc Sangnier (1873-1950), founder of the youth hostel...Learn +

Musée des armes - Tulle Founded in 1979 by the staff of the National Arms Factory, this weapons museum is an important part of Tulle's industrial heritage. Providing...Learn +

Musée du Cloître André MAZEYRIE - Tulle Situated in the heart of the medieval quarter next to the cathedral, the Musée du Cloître André Mazeyrie is housed in the remains of the...Learn +

National Accordion Centre - Tulle The National Accordion Centre (Pole Accordéons) houses the largest collection of free reed instruments in France including accordions, concertinas,...Learn +

Musée du pays d'Ussel - Ussel Opened in 1976, the Musée de France is dedicated to the history, arts and traditions of the Ussel region, which lies between the Millevaches...Learn +

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