Museum / Gallery Sights in Provence

Guided tours of the facilities via the stages of fabrication and an walk through the history of the brand.

Just outside the village of Gordes lies the archaeological remains of a Bronze age village. The Village des Bories dates back to around 2000BC. You can still see ancient sheep pens, stone beehive houses (bories) and bread ovens.

Since 1989 the association ‘Présence Van Gogh’ has developped an important artistic programme, loyal to the desires of the great Dutch artist who lived in St.Remy de Provence between 1888-1889 who wished that ‘living artists are not unjustly unknown’.

Located not far from Aix centre, this museum and shop explains a little about the history of how this unusual sweet is made.

This museum was created to protect one of the most important petroglyph sites in Europe, in the Merveilles Valley (valley of Wonders).

Objects from local and regional sources, with the exception of a fund of Greek ceramics, Etruscan, Italiot, derived from bequests from private collections and a deposit of the State (Campana).

Not only is this modern building home to the museum of contemporary art, but it also houses Nimes central library.

Hungarian artist Victor Vasarely established this foundation in 1966 with the aim of promoting 'art for all' where art blends beautifully with architecture in the 'city of tomorrow'.

Opened in 1991, the Yves Brayer Museum displays a hundred or so canvas paintings, watercolours and drawings representative of the artist's work.

Aurélien Raynaud displays his unique gift in capturing the wonderful wildlife kingdom in a range of artforms.

This museum owes its growth to the naturalist Esprit Requien (1758-1851), who was the most famous of Avignon scientists of his time. From an old middle class family, he devoted himself early to botany. By age 18, he is active in the Botanical Garden of the city of Avignon and is a herbarium that quickly acquired great importance.

Immerse yourself in the history of Provence by visiting this collection of archaeological remains.

Created in 1972 by Jeanne Brotte, this wine museum is unique in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. First a modest museum displaying an impressing collection of old tools it has been renovated in 2002 and 2014 now presenting you with a museography called “In the footstep of the winegrower”.

A private collection of ornate, unusual and ancient corkscrews in the vineyards of the Domaine de La Citadelle.

See the universe projected onto the roof of a large room filled with 65 comfortable seats, and wonder at the scale of it all.

The truffle has a long history here in Aups; for many years now they have been grown, harvested, retailed, shared and eaten.

Cezannes studio was created in Aix-en-Provence in 1902 and this is where he worked until he died in 1906.

This a popular museum to visit for anyone following the Lavender routes around Provence, attracting around 50,000 visitors per year.