Museums & Artists’ houses

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

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

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.

Découvrez le Castel d’Orgeval à Villemoisson-sur-Orge : un trésor architectural du XIXe siècle, symbole du patrimoine local, où charme, histoire et élégance s’unissent pour une visite inoubliable.

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.

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

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

Located in the Mérantaise valley on the edge of the Saclay plateau, the Maison-atelier Foujita invites you to discover the home of French-Japanese painter Léonard Foujita, where he spent the last years of his life.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Le musée végétal est ouvert à tous les publics et s’attache à valoriser l’ensemble du patrimoine communal, depuis les premières traces humaines et l’exploitation des carrières de grès jusqu’aux savoir-faire agricoles, horticoles et botaniques plus récents

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

Le plus grand musée de Pop Culture d’Europe vous attend : voitures cultes de cinéma, bornes d’arcade, consoles rétro, boutique collector… et même la possibilité de conduire des véhicules emblématiques !

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

When tradition rhymes with passion!

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.

"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

Nichée au cœur d’Arpajon, la Villa La Source séduit par son architecture inspirée des villas balnéaires normandes. Construite pour un quincaillier local au XIXe siècle, elle dévoile charme, pierre meulière et souvenirs d’un art de vivre bourgeois.

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

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.