Top 10 best museums in Toulouse

La Halle de La Machine is a unique venue situated in the Montaudran district of Toulouse. It is home to the Nantes company, La Machine, which stores a collection of small and giant animated machines. These machines are often inspired by various themes such as nature, the world of aeronautics, and human or technological epics. This makes it a fascinating place for visitors interested in these themes.

Cité de l'espace is a theme park focused on space and the conquest of space in Toulouse in France. It features full-scale models of the Ariane 5 rocket, Mir space station, and Soyuz modules and a planetarium where shows are presented. Furthermore there are (interactive) exhibits in the Cité de l'Esp

The Musée des Augustins is a fine arts museum in Toulouse. The museum holds a collection of sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. The paintings find their origin throughout France, the sculptures represent the Occitan culture of the region with many Romanesque sculp

The Bemberg Foundation (Fondation Bemberg) is a major art gallery in Toulouse that is housed in Hôtel d'Assézat, a Renaissance hôtel particulier. The Fondation Bemberg is one of the major private collections of art in Europe. It is the private collection of Georges Bemberg (1915 - 2011) that include

The Muséum de Toulouse is a museum of natural history in Toulouse that holds a collection of over 2.5 million pieces that the museum partly displays in its 3,000 square metres of exhibition space. The permanent exhibition of Muséum de Toulouse is categorised in five different themes, namely: the nat

Musée Saint-Raymond is an archeological museum in Toulouse situated on a site that once was a necropolis and housed in the former Saint-Raymond university college from the 16th century. The museum holds a collection of objects from protohistory to the early Middle Ages, mainly from the Celtic, Roma

The Georges Labit Museum (Musée Georges Labit) is an archaeological museum in Toulouse that is housed in a Moorish villa designed by architect Jules Calbayrac. The museum holds a collection with objects from the Far-Eastern and Ancient Egyptian civilizations. Musée Georges Labit also features an exo

The Château d'Eau is a photography gallery housed in a nineteenth century water tower situated in Toulouse. The museum was founded in 1974 by Jean Dieuzaide, a French photographer from Toulouse, making it one of the oldest public places solely dedicated to photography.

Musée du Vieux Toulouse (The Museum of Old Toulouse) is a history museum in Toulouse that is housed in Hôtel Dumay, a building from the Renaissance. The museum exhibits objects that illustrate the history of Toulouse from antiquity to the 20th century. Each room in Musée du Vieux Toulouse is focused

The Musée des Abattoirs (museum of slaughterhouse) is a museum in Toulouse and housed in a former slaughterhouse from 1823. The museum holds a collection of Modern and Contemporary art. The Modern collection focuses on artists who were active from the 1950s with paintings including CoBrA, Art Brut,