Languedoc Museum

Located in a former private mansion, it houses very interesting prehistoric, protohistoric, Gallo- Roman, Roman, Greek, Etruscan, Egyptian, Medieval (Romanesque sculptures) and classical (ceramics)collections.

Location : 7, rue Jacques Coeur

Tel : (33) 04 67 52 93 03

Opening Hours : From Monday to Saturday from 14:00 to 17:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00 from July to September. Closed on Sundays and Holidays.

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Fabre Museum

You acceed to it through the inner courtyard of the former Jesuit college. Created by Montpellier painter François Xavier Fabre in 1825, it is now one of France's most famous museums. It houses Flemish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and French collections, featuring works from painters of the main Western European schools of painting of the 16th and 18th centuries (Zurbaran, Reynolds, Tenier, Véronèse...) as well as from many famous French painters (Greuze, Ingres, Delacroix, Courbet, Bazille,...). You will also find find ceramics, scuptures and contemporary paintings.

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address:	Boulevard Sarrail

MUSEUM OF ANATOMY (MUSEE D'ANATOMIE)

It houses a rich collection of compared anatomy, mummies, shells...

Location : Faculté de Médecine – 2, rue école de Médecine

Tel : (33) 04 67 60 10 69

Opening Hours: Wednesdays from 14:30 to 17:00, even during holidays.

Free entrance, except for groups.

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MUSEUM OF PHARMACY (MUSEE DE LA PHARMACIE)

Created in 1972, this museum gathers numerous documents about ancient and current pharmacy in Montpellier and its whereabouts.

Location : Faculté de Pharmacie - 15 av. Charles Flahault

Tel : (33) 04 67 54 80 62

Visits Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:00 to 12:00.

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Atger Museum

It contains a wonderful collection of drawings from the Flemish, Italian, Dutch, German and French schools of painting, patiently collected by art lover Xavier Atger who bequeathed it to the Faculty of Medicine in the 19th century. The library of this Faculty also houses numerous invaluable manuscripts from the 8th to the 19th centuries and a remarkable collection of Flemish local masters' drawings dating from the Renaissance to the 19th century.

Location : Faculté de Médecine, 2, rue école de Médecine

Tel : (33) 04 67 66 27 77

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OLD MONTPELLIER MUSEUM (MUSEE DU VIEUX MONTPELLIER)

There you will find furniture as well as objects that are reminders of Montpellier's history ( Middle Ages, 17th and 18th centuries, French Revolution, Empire,...)

Tickets : Hôtel de Varennes - Place Pétrarque

Tel : (33) 04 67 66 02 94

Opening Hours : From Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 17:00.

Group Visits upon request only.

Free entrance

FOUGAU MUSEUM (MUSEE FOUGAU)

This private museum of art and folk history is devoted to the everydaylife in ancient Montpellier.

Tickets : Hôtel de Varennes - Place Pétrarque

Tel : (33) 04 67 60 53 73

Opening Hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays from 15:00 to 18:30.

Free entrance

MOLDINGS MUSEUM (MUSEE DES MOULAGES)

This huge collection comprises more than 300 moldings of Antiquity sculptures and Medieval works of art.

Location : Faculté Paul Valéry

Tel : (33) 04 67 14 23 76

Visits from Tuesday to Friday from 14:00 to 18:00. Closed : August. Possible guided Tours.

Free Entrance.

AGROPOLIS MUSEUM

It is the cultural way of expression of Agropolis' scientific community. It presents the History and Future of Food in the world.

Location : 951, avenue d'Agropolis

Tel : (33) 04 67 04 75 04

Visits : Daily from 14:00 to 18:00. Closed : Tuesdays.

Admission Fee (21 FF) . Under 10 : Free. Unemployed, retired persons,... : 15 FF.

INFANTRY MUSEUM (MUSEE DE L'INFANTERIE)

It shows the evolution of infantry from 1480 to the present date.

Location : Caserne Guillaut, avenue Lepic

Tel : (33) 04 67 07 21 39

Visits : Daily from 14:00 to 17:45. Closed : Tuesdays and Sundays. Group visits upon request, in the morning only, except on Saturdays.

Admission Fee. Under 12 and war disabled : Free. Discounts for students and groups.