Office de Tourisme de Bourges
21 rue Victor Hugo
BP 126
18000 BOURGES
Tél. : +33(0)2 48 23 02 60
Opening
hours
Daily
from 9h to 18h
and closed on Sundays
Finding accommodations
Museums
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- Museum of Decorative Arts - Hôtel Lallemant
- The Natural History Museum
- Museum of the Best Artisans of France
- The Berry Museum – Cujas Mansion
- Museum Estève - The Aldermen's Palace
are freely available throughout the year.
All museums of Bourges, with the exception of the Natural History Museum, are open:
- from 10h to 12:30 and 13h30 to 18h in July and August,
- from 13h45 to 17h15 in January,
- from 10h to 12h and 14h to 17h in February and March,
- from 10h to 12h and 14h to 18h the rest of the year.
Closed on 1 January, 1 May, 1 November and 25 December.
Museum of Decorative Arts - Hôtel Lallemant
The Lallemant brothers, wealthy merchants of German origin, belonged to an elite circle of local officials and art patrons in the late Middle Ages.
The majority of the sculpted decor, dated 1506, is a precocious example of the French Renaissance.
Today the Hôtel Lallemant is the city’s Museum of Decorative Arts, featuring a large collection of antique furniture, tapestries, and paintings from the 15th to the 18th century.
The Natural History Museum
The extensive collections of noted scientist Gabriel Foucher were dusted off by a dynamic new team of experts who transformed this museum into a state-of-the-art, hands-on discovery center.
Learn more about The Natural History Museum of Bourges
Internet site : Natural History Museum of Bourges
Museum of the Best Artisans of France
This former Archbishop’s Palace now houses prized works of the best craftsmen in France.
Each year is dedicated to a different trade, with workers donating for temporary display a unique, intricately crafted object, symbol of their savoir-faire.
Each year is dedicated to a different trade, with workers donating for temporary display a unique, intricately crafted object, symbol of their savoir-faire.
The Berry Museum – Cujas Mansion
Built at the beginning of the 16th century by a Florentine merchant, this mansion also bears the name of Jacques Cujas, famous French law professor and dean of the Bourges Law University, who later inhabited and embelished it.
This elegant brick and stone mansion now exhibits important Gallo-Roman and medieval artefacts as well as traditional Berry folk art.
Museum Estève - The Aldermen's Palace
After the Great Fire of 1487, the municipality rebuilt a sumptuous new town hall along the old Gallo-Roman wall.
Following the architectural theme used for the Palace of Jacques Cœur, the staircase tower is elaborately decorated and bears false windows framing statues of guards. Since 1987 the monument is the trustee of a collection of paintings by the contemporary artist Maurice Estève.