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Museum / Gallery Sights in Perigueux — 2 of Our Favourites

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Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum, Perigueux

1. Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum, Perigueux

Location
Perigueux

This glass museum designed by Jean Nouvel is located on the site of a Roman mansion discovered accidentally in the late 1950s. The remains of this huge villa are impressive and include murals dating back to the 1st century. 

The museum has an excellent permanent exhibition allowing you to walk on raised walkways over the ruins. It also houses a collection of artefacts from Roman times. The long entrance offer a spectacular view down into the archaeological site, whilst the collections illustrate the prosperity of the ancient administrative centre, the city and its inhabitants, the great monuments, the architectural surroundings, the dead world, religion and trade.

Musee d'Art et Archeologie

2. Musee d'Art et Archeologie

Location
Perigueux

The museum of art and archaeology houses an excellent prehistoric selection of findings and skeletons from the region. 

It also houses a medieval collection with some rare Romanesque sculptures, regional art and crafts from the last millennium and a fine arts painting collection. 

Founded in 1835, this was the first museum to be established in the Dordogne. Dedicated to the vestiges of human presence throughout the Perigord, and to their artistic creativity and craft work, this museum also features and displays exhibitions that represent the rest of France, Europe and indeed the Americas.