Museums & Artists’ houses

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.

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - COVID 19 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

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!

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - COVID 19 In 1964, Claude François, looking for a peaceful place for his days off, discovers a water mill of the twelfth 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.

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the entire works of Elias Robert, since 1875 the museum has exhibited drawings, paintings, archaeological items and historical documents as well as a few fossils.

Outre les récentes acquisitions concernant la peinture contemporaine, exposées au 4ème étage, le musée vous invite à une large évocation culturelle de l’Ethiopie.

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

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - COVID 19 First and unique museum dedicated to the firemen in Essonne.

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - COVID19 Turned into a museum, the house showcases some rooms as they were when Jean Cocteau lived there, and offers the visitors to dive in the mythological and baroque universer of the poet.

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - COVID 19 A unique artistic discovery hidden in the forest of Milly-la-Forêt

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.