Permanent exhibitions and collections

23 heritage museums (écomusées) and permanent exhibitions and collections in the Corrèze explore every facet of the region’s rich local history and natural and cultural heritage: the Middle Ages in Egletons and Saint-Julien aux Bois, local history in Argentat and Chaumeil, traditional trades in Donzenac, folk arts and traditions in Collonges-la-Rouge and Treignac, local archaeology in Uzerche, nature and the environment in Chamberet and Neuvic, geology in Bugeat and Naves...

Maison du Patrimoine - Argentat A local history museum covering the period from protohistory to the 20C, with particular emphasis on the vital role of roads and the Dordogne...Learn +

Exhibition of works of art by trade corporations - Brive la Gaillarde Exhibition of around 100 models of works of art created by various trade corporations specialising in wood, leather, copper and ironwork...Learn +

European otter exhibition - Bugeat Moulin de Barthou on the banks of the Petite Vézère The fish farm at the Moulin de Barthou has become a nationally important experimental...Learn +

Maison du Granite - Bugeat The Plateau de Millevaches is renowned for the quality and colour of its granite: the pink granite of Pérols and the ochre granite of Bugeat...Learn +

Maison de l’Arbre et de la Nature, vegetable and aromatic garden - Chamberet With its permanent and temporary exhibitions, the Maison de l’Arbre nature centre provides information on the natural world and its inhabitants...Learn +

Maison de Pays des Monédières - Chaumeil Situated in the heart of the Massif des Monédières, this centre hosts themed exhibitions and events, as well as an area where visitors can...Learn +

Maison de la Sirène, avec reconstitution d'un intérieur d'autrefois - Collonges la Rouge Built in the 16C, this house owes its name to a decorative detail in its stonework - a mermaid holding a comb in one hand and mirror in the...Learn +

Eglise-musée de Saint-Genest - Curemonte Predominantly religious museum housed in the superbly restored Romanesque church of Saint-Genest, in a hamlet 1.5km from the town. Open in...Learn +

13C house - Donzenac This 13C house, the oldest in the Limousin, has three rooms of temporary exhibitions.Learn +

Les Pans de Travassac in Donzenac - Donzenac Unique in Europe, the Travassac slate quarries offer an opportunity to explore an unusual, magical site with cliffs in excess of 100m high...Learn +

Centre de Découverte du Moyen-Age - Egletons This museum dedicated to the Middle Ages is housed in an attractive 18C building. The centre provides an informative overview of the history,...Learn +

Land Art exhibition “Des vaches pas comme les autres” - La Chapelle Saint Geraud The art is not only in museums or in the workshops of painters. At the farm St Geraud, it was relocated in the middle of a meadow. During...Learn +

Maison de la Graphologie - Laroche près Feyt This museum is dedicated to the life and works of Abbé Jean-Hippolyte Michon, 19C inventor of applied graphology. Michon identified 175 types...Learn +

Permanent Sacred Art Centre "The Treasures of the Maison des Archiprêtres" - Lubersac Located on the first floor of the Maison Renaissance (the former priests’ house known as the “Maison des Archiprêtres” or “Archpriests’ House”),...Learn +

Espace géologique Louis Puyaubert - Naves Under the patronage of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, this centre is a showcase for the geological collection established...Learn +

Maison de l'Eau et de la Pêche de la Corrèze - Neuvic Dedicated to rivers and fishing, this museum provides visitors with information on local and regional studies carried out in lakes and rivers...Learn +

Exposition sur l'Yssandonnais - Objat Permanent exhibition about the region of Yssandonnais. Presentation of all the rural districts: history, architecture, economy and agriculture...Learn +

The medieval farms of the Xaintrie - Saint Julien aux Bois This open-air museum has recreated with great accuracy a group of thatched cottages in their natural environment of gardens and orchards...Learn +

Maison du Patrimoine - Saint Merd de Lapleau Reconstruction of a typical 1930s classroom (furniture, manuscripts, tools and other objects), as well as various themed exhibitions (mushrooms,...Learn +

Exposition des sculptures d'Antoine PAUCARD - Saint Salvadour Antoine Paucard (1886-1980) was a gardener, mason, poet, sculptor, revolutionary, traveller, writer and an extraordinary character. He was...Learn +