Museums in Aveyron

Aveyron museums

Aveyron offers several museums presenting different themes, including archaeology, arts and popular traditions, history and the prehistoric era, religion, geology, and more.

1. Le musée Fenaille de Rodez
2. Le musée de Millau
3. Le site de la Graufesenque à Millau
4. Les 3 sites du Musée du Rouergue
5. Le Trésor de l'Abbaye de Conques

This Musée d'Archéologie et d'Histoire du Rouergue presents an exceptional collection of menhir statues.
Average visits last 1 hour. Open all year-round. Self-guided visits, with possibility of guided tours .

MUSÉE FENAILLE
14 Place Raynaldy
12000 RODEZ

Tél. 05 65 73 84 30
Fax 05 65 73 84 31
http://www.musee-fenaille.com
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Here there is combined archaeological and leather museum, covering geology, prehistory, regional archaeology, and tracing the history of glove making. Visits last about 1 hour. Open throughout the year.

Archaeological site, pottery workshop, dwellings and sanctuaries. Duration of the visit: 45 minutes. Open throughout the year.

SITE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE “LA GRAUFESENQUE”
Avenue Louis Balsan
La Graufesenque
12100 MILLAU

Tél. 05 65 60 11 37
Fax 05 65 60 11 37
http://www.graufesenque.com
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Montrozier : Musée archéologique du Rouergue
This departmental archaeological museum houses exhibitions of the local archaeological heritage. Duration of the visit: 45 minutes.

MUSÉE DU ROUERGUE - ARCHÉOLOGIE
Le Bourg
12630 MONTROZIER

Tél. 05 65 70 75 00
Fax 05 65 70 77 75
http://www.aspaa.fr
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Salles la Source : The Musée des Arts et Métiers traditionnels du Rouergue is organised in 4 sections: Agricultural Machinery from the Past (mills and presses), The Relationship between Man and Nature (museum of agriculture forestry and wood transformation), Man and Minerals, and finally Man and the Animal Kingdom (hunting, fishing, rearing).
See the Reconstruction of a Traditional Winery, a Woollen Spinning Workshop of the 19th century, and the Planetarium.
Duration of the visit 1h 30.

MUSÉE DU ROUERGUE ARTS ET MÉTIERS
12330 SALLES LA SOURCE

Tél. 05 65 67 28 96
http://www.aveyron-culture.com
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Salmiech : The Museum of Rustic Carts (Musée du Rouergue) focuses on rural transport before motorization, with a large collection showing the history of the wheel, horse and ox-drawn vehicles, local crafts relating to transport, and objects from agricultural life in Ségala). Duration of the visit 1h.

MUSÉE DU ROUERGUE “CHARROI RURAL”
Eglise Saint-Firmin
12120 SALMIECH

Tél. 05 65 74 26 79
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Treasures of the abbey include gold work and religious art from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, and the famous reliquary statue of Sainte Foy.
Duration of the visit: 2h. Open throughout the year. Visits unaccompanied.
Possibility of group tours by appointment.