INGRES MUSEUM

Dominating the river Tarn, the museum shows proudly it’s high outline of pink bricks. It’s first function int the 17th century was to be an Episcopal palace and since it was necessary to find an appropriate place, it was built where the black prince had built his own castle. It’s outstanding guardroom carries you back to the Middle Ages. You will discover lapidary remains from abbeys and convents nowadays vanished.

If Ingres’ works have chosen to settle at the first floor, then Bourdelle and his imposing sculptures (such as Heracles) will welcome you in the inner courtyard.
The art lovers will be sensitive to Camille Claudel’s talent, and also Desnoyer, Delacroix…
Two hours will be needed to visit the whole museum. From antiquity to ceramics, you can end with contemporary art.Advice: don’t miss the prestigious summer exhibition (Picasso, Matisse, Folon…)

Would you like to discover our planet’s fauna with your relatives ?Come visit the Natural History Museum.
The children will be attracted by parrots with beautiful coloured feathers in one of the most surprising bird collection in Europe;You have a predilection for prehistory ? Go to the regional paleontology showcases.

You like minerals ? Phosphorites and other stones are waiting for you.Located in the same building, the Folk Museum will give you a good idea of what the rural way of life was in Quercy. Kitchen utensils, furniture, and other curiosities representing the typical house interior of our region.

Don’t forget the Resistance and Deportation Museum; numerous objects and self explanatory documents are related to this troubled period of the 20th century.

LES MUSEES

MUSEE D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE
2, place Antoine Bourdelle
tel: 05 63 22 13 85

MUSEE DU TERROIR
Collections visibles au SIAP
(ancien collège)

MUSEE DE LA RESISTANCE ET DE LA DEPORTATION
33, Grand rue Villenouvelle
tel: 05 63 66 03 11