Museums & art galleries

Historical sites and monuments
Saint-Laurent Church BEAULIEU-LES-LOCHES
Rue Foulques Nerra 37600 BEAULIEU-LES-LOCHES
02 47 91 94 94 http://www.beaulieulesloches.eu
  • Categories
    • Listed or registered (CNMHS)
  • Equipments
    • Picnic area
    • Bar / refreshment bar
    • Electric charging station for vehicles
    • Play area
    • Hall hire
    • Parking
  • On-site activities
    • Activities
    • Temporary exhibitions
  • Parkings
    • Bike parking
    • Bus parking
  • Miscellaneous
    • Rental room
    • Playground
This church was constructed in the 13 & 16th centuries. Located to the north of the abbey, it combines charm and originality with its large, flamboyantly decorated windows and its square clock-tower. A fine example of Romanesque vaults in the Plantagenet style.
Historical sites and monuments
Saint Jean Baptiste Collegiate Church MONTRESOR
Grande Rue 37460 MONTRESOR
02 47 91 43 00
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    • Listed or registered (CNMHS)
  • Equipments
    • Parking
  • Parkings
    • Bike parking
    • Bus parking
Visit the collegiate church founded in 1522 by Imbert de Bastarnay, Lord of Montrésor and advisor to several kings including Francis I. The church was finally completed in 1541, and listed as a Historic Monument Historique in 1840.
Museum - Interpreting centre
Lansyer House LOCHES
1 rue Lansyer 37600 LOCHES
02 47 59 48 21 https://www.ville-loches.fr/musee-lansyer-article-3-21-91.html
  • Categories
    • Musées de France
    • Municipal library
  • Equipments
    • Shop
    • Luggage storage
    • Play area
    • Indoor children's games
  • On-site activities
    • Activities
    • Junior workshop
  • Visits
    • Educational Visit
    • Individual Guided Tour on request
    • Guided Group Tour on request
    • Free Group Visit on request
  • Miscellaneous
    • Interior shop
Family home of landscape painter Emmanuel Lansyer (1835-1893), pupil of G. Courbet. Discover one hundred paintings and a collection of Japanese art and engravings.
Museum - Interpreting centre, Historical sites and monuments
Prehistory Museum of Le Grand-Pressigny LE GRAND-PRESSIGNY
  • Pets admitted
Le Château 37350 LE GRAND-PRESSIGNY
02 47 94 90 20 http://www.prehistoiregrandpressigny.fr
  • Categories
    • Musées de France
    • Listed or registered (CNMHS)
  • Equipments
    • Picnic area
    • Electric charging station for bicycles
    • Shop
    • Luggage storage
    • Hall hire
    • Parking
    • Film projection room
    • Wifi
  • On-site activities
    • Activities
    • Adult workshop
    • Junior workshop
    • Conferences
    • Temporary exhibitions
  • Parkings
    • Bike parking
    • Bus parking
  • Visits
    • Educational Visit
    • Individual Guided Tour on request
    • Guided Group Tour on request
    • Free Group Visit on request
  • Audioguides
    • French
    • English
    • German
    • Spanish
  • Miscellaneous
    • Rental room
    • Interior shop
The museum unites a modern building with relics from the 12th to 17th-centurey. The collections, primarily based on flint from Grand-Pressigny and Touraine's Prehistoric Age, are displayed in the Renaissance gallery and cellars.
Museum - Interpreting centre
Jaroszynski Art Museum LOCHES
1 Place Charles VII 37600 LOCHES
06 10 08 60 38 http://www.jam-france.com
  • Categories
    • Private museum
  • Equipments
    • Bar / refreshment bar
    • Shop
    • Play area
    • Hall hire
    • Catering on site
    • Wifi
  • On-site activities
    • Activities
    • Adult workshop
    • Conferences
    • Temporary exhibitions
  • Visits
    • Educational Visit
    • Individual Guided Tour on request
  • Miscellaneous
    • Rental room
    • Interior shop
Museum - Interpreting centre
Mado Robin Museum YZEURES-SUR-CREUSE
Place François Mitterrand 37290 YZEURES-SUR-CREUSE
02 47 94 26 54
  • Categories
    • Municipal library
  • Equipments
    • Shop
    • Hall hire
    • Fully equipped meeting room
  • On-site activities
    • Temporary exhibitions
  • Parkings
    • Bus parking
  • Visits
    • Educational Visit
    • Individual Guided Tour on request
    • Guided Group Tour on request
    • Free Group Visit on request
  • Miscellaneous
    • Rental room
    • Interior shop
Reconstruction (with sound) of the Opera box of Mado Robin, star of the Opéra and Opéra Comique, including her most famous stage costumes. Born in Yzeures in 1928, she reputedly had the highest voice in the world.
Museum - Interpreting centre, Historical sites and monuments
Saint Antoine Art Gallery LOCHES
Place de Mazerolles 37600 LOCHES
02 47 59 48 21 http://www.ville-loches.fr
  • Categories
    • Municipal library
  • Equipments
    • Parking
  • Parkings
    • Bike parking
  • Visits
    • Individual Guided Tour on request
    • Guided Group Tour on request
    • Free Group Visit on request
Admire two of the four paintings bought by Philippe de Béthune from the 16th century Italian painter Caravage at this gallery next to Saint Antoine’s church in Loches. The two exceptional works are presented alongside a collection of sacred objets d’art.
Historical sites and monuments
Saint-Paul Abbey and Tower CORMERY
18 Place du Mail 37320 CORMERY
06 32 41 12 18 http://www.lesamisdalcuin.fr
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    • Listed or registered (CNMHS)
  • Equipments
    • Parking
  • On-site activities
    • Temporary exhibitions
  • Visits
    • Educational Visit
    • Individual Guided Tour on request
    • Guided Group Tour on request
    • Free Group Visit on request
Discover the remains of a Carolingian Benedictine abbey, and the old town which grew up around the monastery.
Historical sites and monuments
Chartreuse du Liget CHEMILLE-SUR-INDROIS
Route D 760 37460 CHEMILLE-SUR-INDROIS
06 48 16 23 92 http://www.lachartreuseduliget.com
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    • Listed or registered (CNMHS)
  • Equipments
    • Parking
  • Parkings
    • Bus parking
  • Visits
    • Educational Visit
    • Individual Guided Tour on request
    • Guided Group Tour on request
    • Free Group Visit on request
Built in 1180 by Henry II Plantagenet as penance for the murder of Thomas Becket. Explore the ruins of the cloister and chapel.
Museum - Interpreting centre, Historical sites and monuments
Cardeux Hall MONTRESOR
Place du Marché 37460 MONTRESOR
02 47 91 43 00
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    • Listed or registered (CNMHS)
  • Parkings
    • Bus parking
Built in 1700, the name of this mansard-roofed hall recalls the wool-working industry which was the village's principal activity until the Revolution. The hall has long been an important centre of trade and commerce in the region, and the upper floor is now home to an exhibition.
Historical sites and monuments
Saint-Antoine Church LOCHES
Place de Mazerolles 37600 LOCHES
02 47 59 48 21 http://www.ville-loches.fr
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    • Listed or registered (CNMHS)
  • Parkings
    • Bike parking
    • Bus parking
  • Visits
    • Individual Guided Tour on request
    • Guided Group Tour on request
    • Free Group Visit on request
Saint-Antoine Church was fully restored in 2011 and has an amazing collection of artwork from the 17th to 19th century. It was built in the Ursuline convent refectory in 1812 to give the lower town a parish church that was easier to reach than Saint-Ours Church.
Historical sites and monuments
Saint-Ours Collegiate Church LOCHES
Place Charles VII 37600 LOCHES
02 47 59 48 21 http://www.ville-loches.fr
  • Categories
    • Listed or registered (CNMHS)
  • Visits
    • Educational Visit
    • Individual Guided Tour on request
    • Guided Group Tour on request
    • Free Group Visit on request
Romanesque collegiate church built in the 11th and 12th centuries, particularly remarkable for its multi-coloured doorway from the 1150s and the nave roof made up of two pyramidal cupolas known as "dubes".