Lyon – a city of museums
True repositories of human genius through the ages, museums abound with knowledge, creativity, beautiful objects, accounts and discoveries.
Museums today are constantly evolving and living spaces, which open their doors wide to share their collections and knowledge with as many people as possible.
With temporary exhibitions, videos, interactive games, guided tours, creative workshops, conferences, shows, night-time openings and more, there are many ways to spread the joy of knowledge.
Bring your children to the museum: workshops, game booklets and fun tours are also provided for children to learn while enjoying themselves.
Musée des Confluences
It is one of the latest great contemporary museums which alone are enough to justify a trip to Lyon. So of course, you wouldn't miss this visit for...
Fine Arts Museum
In a former 17th-century abbey, the museum boasts one of the largest collections of European works of art (Véronèse, Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin,...
Lugdunum - Musée et Théâtres romains
Unique for the sheer richness of its collections, its environment and its bold architecture, thanks to an astonishing underground exhibition trail,...
Museum of the History of Lyon - Gadagne Museums
As of December 4th, 2019, the LHM (Lyon History Museum) is renewing its exhibition spaces and painting a portrait of Lyon.
Modern Art Musem(MAC)
Thanks to its fully divisible interior, a new museum takes shape with each exhibition. Featuring previously unseen works and an exhibition area...
The Museum of Printing and Graphic Communication
In a city which was once the capital of bookmaking in the 15th and 16th centuries, the museum offers a unique overview of the history of books and...
Textile Museum
The Textile Museum has 2000 years of history of textiles (the first collection in the world) and the Museum of Decorative Arts is one of the few...
Musée Lumière
On the site on which cinematography was born, the museum presents the story of the Lumière Brothers’ inventions thanks to projections and interactive...
Cinema and Miniature Museum
Two unique collections by the artist Dan Ohlmann: the 120 miniature scenes produced and more than 450 legendary film props give the visitor an...
The International City of Gastronomy - Closed
On Saturday the 19th of October, Grand Hotel-Dieu was buzzing with excitement: the Cité de la Gastronomie was opening!
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Puppetry Museum - Gadagne Museums
The Musée des Arts de la Marionnette (Musées Gadagne) has been fully redesigned!
Resistance and Deportation History Centre (CHRD)
Symbolically housed in the former headquarters of the Gestapo, where Klaus Barbie hit, the CHRD is a strong and symbolic place in the service of...
Automobile Museum Henri Malartre
On the banks of the Saône, 11km north of Lyon, the Rochetaillée-sur-Saône castle Belle-époque and its 3 ha wooded park, houses the collections of...
Musée Urbain Tony Garnier - Cité Tony Garnier
Set off to discover the 25 wall frescoes in the Habitations à Bon Marché district designed by the architect Tony Garnier and built between 1920 and...
Institut d'Art Contemporain - IAC
The Institute of Contemporary Art creates and conducts research into contemporary art, organises exhibitions and events and puts together...
La Maison des Canuts
Along with her husband Philibert, Virginie Varenne runs the Maison des Canuts (Silk Workers' Centre) which they have both renovated together You...
Soierie Saint-Georges
Get to meet one of the last canuts in Lyon, in a workshop where silk is still very much part of everyday life!
Doctor Mérieux's museum of biological sciences
In the institute's old laundry room, find out how the vaccine, first discovered in the 17th century by Jenner then developed by Pasteur in the 19th...
Antiquaille - Cultural Center of Christianity in Lyon
This new cultural space dedicated to the history and the birth of Christianity in Gaul also has what is believed to be the prison of Saint Pothin. It...
Soierie Vivante
Located in the heart of the Croix-Rousse district, Soierie Vivante preserves two canut home weaving workshops that belong to the town. A guided tour...
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