Culture & heritage
From the prehistory of Quinson to the faience of Moustiers, from the Vauban forts of Colmars to the woodturners of Aiguines: 26 museums and cultural sites across 18 villages. Each with its verified official source — places without their own website link to their manager (town hall, tourist office, park or association).
One of the largest prehistory museums in Europe (architect Norman Foster): permanent exhibition, Baume Bonne cave, prehistoric village, route de Montmeyan.
Discover the museum →A verified, not copied inventory: every place and every official link has been checked. Museums with the same name in other regions have been excluded.
Colmars-les-Alpes (04)
Museum of Upper Verdon art and traditions in the fortified village of Colmars (plus rampart walk, 10 exhibition towers).
Colmars-les-Alpes (04)
Vauban bastioned fort (late 17th century) turned into a museum (exhibition “Tale(s) of a Fort” + screening “Vauban's Tale”).
Castellane (04)
Discovery centre on the Verdon's natural and cultural heritage (exhibitions “Sirens and Fossils” and “Sacred Beliefs!”), 2 place de l'Église.
Castellane (04)
Museum dedicated to the French Resistance in Haute-Provence, RD 4085 route de Digne.
URL certified via the official Castellane Town Hall page; direct fetch blocked by default (free.fr certificate).
Castellane (04)
Private motor museum (120+ vintage Citroëns, 1938-1998), route de La Palud.
La Mûre-Argens (04)
Former flour mill (1902) turned into a museum in 2016: mechanism spanning 4 levels, 8 chemin de la Minoterie.
Aiguines (83)
Museum labelled “Musée de France” dedicated to woodturning and studded boules, a speciality of Aiguines.
Comps-sur-Artuby (83)
Small municipal museum of everyday objects from the past, visits by request.
La Palud-sur-Verdon (04)
Ecomuseum on the nature and history of the Gorges du Verdon, 1 place du Château.
Trigance (83)
Small museum of Trigance heritage with free access, beneath the village's vaulted passages (restored 2019).
Trigance (83)
Ecomuseum of traditional farming heritage in the hamlet of La Sagne.
Bauduen (83)
Living-art museum: giant Playmobil frescoes in the former presbytery (2002).
Les Salles-sur-Verdon (83)
Permanent exhibition on the village submerged beneath Lake Sainte-Croix (1973-1974), at the tourist office.
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie (04)
Moustiers faience museum (founded 1929, renovated 2014), 500+ pieces across 9 rooms, rue du Seigneur Bertet de la Clue.
Riez (04)
Lapidary museum in the baptistery (5th century, one of the oldest in France): Gallo-Roman remains, free entry.
Valensole (04)
Former distillery (1925) turned into a museum space on the history of lavender (a hybrid museum/producer). Not to be confused with the Musée de la Lavande de Coustellet.
Valensole (04)
Educational museum about bees (glass-fronted hive, tastings), free guided tour.
Gréoux-les-Bains (04)
Museum of stained glass and other art crafts, 6 rue Grande, Gréoux-les-Bains.
Saint-Martin-de-Brômes (04)
Small Gallo-Roman museum in the Tour de l'Horloge (13th century): tombs and a 4th-century sarcophagus.
Currently closed for tower restoration works (to be re-checked before reopening).
Aups (83)
Museum space on the discovery of truffles in the former Saint-Jacques hospice (17th century).
Aups (83)
Contemporary art museum in the Ursuline chapel (280+ paintings, including 58 by Simon Ségal).
Aups (83)
Museum devoted to the local Resistance.
Aups (83)
Carrara marble sculpture park (60 works), 3366 route de Tourtour.
Régusse (83)
War veterans' memorial museum in the Notre-Dame de la Miséricorde chapel (17th century).
Tourtour (83)
Municipal palaeontology museum (1,000+ rocks and fossils from the Upper Var, Zanéboni bequest, 1978).