Museums & Artists’ houses

La Maison de l'Environnement et du Développement durable de l'aéroport Paris-Orly (MEDD) est un lieu d'accueil, d'informations et d'échanges au service des riverains.

The association House of Suburbs and Architecture, located in Athis-Mons, is a center of interpretation of the urban environment, suburban heritage and architecture.

The Delta Museum is devoted to aviation in general and more particularly to the Delta and one of its inventors, Mr. Nicolas Roland Payen.

With more than 25,000 objects, a million photographs, a library and a unique technical documentary collection, the French Museum of Photography brings together one of the most important collections internationally.

"Here are long lasting flowers that last little. Here the soul contemplates, listens, adores, aspires, And take pity on the world, narrow and foolish empire." Victor Hugo

The museum is part of a heritage conservation approach and invites the public to discover lost or forgotten crafts.

Designed and built by the municipality, located in the former barn of the country guard, the eco-museum aims to recall and present the lifestyles, historical, cultural and natural contexts of a rural village Gâtinais.

The museum "Meet old crafts" located in the center of Bouray-sur-Juine aims to publicize the old crafts of yesteryear trades

Le musée Dunoyer de Segonzac abrite aujourd'hui un grand nombre d’œuvres d'arts et offre la possibilité aux visiteurs de découvrir des gravures, lithographies, livres illustrés, affiches et souvenirs de famille qui y sont exposés.

Housed in the home of historian Robert Dubois-Corneau (1876-1951), the museum is built around permanent and temporary collections.

Découvrir sur écran géant et sur tablette plus de 500 œuvres d’art issues des plus grands musées français. Une première en Essonne !

A family story ... When tradition rhymes with passion!

In 1964, the famous singer Claude François, who is looking for a peaceful place to rest, discovers a water mill of the 12th century in the pretty village of Dannemois.

Located in the courtyard of the Dourdan castle, this house/museum was furnished in a former “salt attic” from the 13th century and built by the Marquis of Verteillac.

The house of the writer Alphonse Daudet is now a place of artistic and cultural events, a residence for French storytellers and a place of memory.

The Theatre was built in the 19th century at the initiative of some important local figures who were keen to establish an entertainment venue.

Etampes Museum owes its reputation to a collection of 19th-century sculptures. Besides the entire works of Elias Robert, since 1875 the museum has exhibited drawings, paintings, archaeological items and historical documents as well as a few fossils.

Le plus grand musée de Pop Culture d'Europe.

The Longjumeau history and archaeology museum occupies two rooms of a building at 134 Rue du Président François Mitterrand.

19th and 20th century collection of paintings and sculptures Temporary exhibitions

It is the irst and only museum dedicated to the firemen in Essonne.

The house was turned into a museum that showcases some rooms as they used to be when Jean Cocteau lived there. The visitors can dive into the mythological and baroque universe of the famous poet.

A unique artistic discovery hidden in the forest of Milly-la-Forêt

Musée présente ses collections dans une ancienne maison de maître du début du XIXème siècle. Au total, cinq fonds distincts y sont exposés: estampes locales, médailles, icônes religieuses, mais également pièces égyptiennes et asiatiques.

Immerse yourself in the Middle Ages on a visit to the Tour de Montlhéry. Climb the 138 steps to enjoy stunning views from the top of this monument which towers over Montlhéry and the surrounding area.

MUS'X, the Ecole Polytechnique museum, is open to the public for unguided visits from Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm and Saturdays from 9 am to 4 pm.

The Musée Palaisien du Hurepoix is a museum devoted to the former province of Hurepoix.

L’écomusée de Saint-Chéron propose une exposition permanente sur les anciens métiers.

Ce lieu est dédié au devoir de mémoire et aux héros du Sud-Essonne. Il propose de nombreux panneaux explicatifs, objets anciens et maquettes géantes retraçant de manière ludique et unique l'histoire locale des grands conflits de 1800 à nos jours.

In 1991, Kimiyo Foujita donated her husband's last studio, the Franco-Japanese painter Léonard Foujita, to the Departmental Council of Essonne.

Satisfy your curiosity and follow the footsteps of Gustave Caillebotte himself, since it is here, in the family resort, that the painter planted his easel in open air and painted nearly 90 paintings in the summers of the 1870s.