Famous Museums in Grenoble

Let's explore the finest collection of museums in Grenoble:

1. Musee Archeologique De Grenoble

   4.6 (300 Votes)
   

   Museum, Historical Site

   Highly Grenoble centric, the artefacts of this museum provide a deep insight into Grenoble’s history – about 2000 years of it, but especially around the Middle Ages. Most of the items you’ll see here were excavated from this very site. More than 1500 tombs have also been excavated, giving great insight into burial science and evolving religious priorities. The museum is actual...Read more

2. Musee De Grenoble

   

   Art Museum, Museum

   You’d be surprised at how important a museum this is. The collection that graces this museum was begun in 1798, and despite turbulent French history, it has only grown thanks to generous donations and canny aquistions. It’s primarily a municipal museum of fine and modern art. There are about 1500 items in the museum spread out over 57 rooms in exhibits that include: Antiquity: Egyp...Read more

3. Musee Dauphinois

   4.5 (472 Votes)
   

   Museum

   The Dauphine used to be a province of France that’s now defunct. This county museum presents archaeological, ethnographic and historical account of that region and of France in general. Founded in 1906, the museum sits in the beautiful monastery of St. Marie to High – a building that’s variously been used as a prison, a barracks and as a boarding house over the years – a...Read more

4. Museum Of Resistance And Deportation

   4.5 (369 Votes)
   

   Museum

   Second World War museums never get old. This one in particular describes the efforts of the French resistance through about 5000 artefacts from the war. These include maps, models, photos, copies of ID forgeries, posters and leaflets from the war years. Not exactly entertaining, the museum is nevertheless highly immersive – giving a detailed account of both German atrocity and French resi...Read more

5. The Museum Of The Old Bishopric

   4.5 (359 Votes)
   

   Museum, Historical Site, Cable Car, Exhibition

   This place wouldn’t have has much going for it hadn’t been for a lucky break in 1989. There were building a tramway next to the museum and the digging turned up the remains of a much older baptistery – one dating from between the first and third century AD. There’s even the remains of a city wall from during that time. Other than that, the museum contains a number of rel...Read more

6. Museum D'histoire Naturelle

   4.3 (301 Votes)
   

   Natural History Museum

   The museum finds a very natural home in Grenoble’s own botanical garden. It’s a Romantic affair, divided by a charming stream, a perfect setting of one of the regions oldest museum. The institute was founded in 1851 to record and witness the beauty for natural life, but in recent years has taken on another important role – to showcase human impact on the natural world. The 1.5...Read more

7. Musee Des Troupes De Montagne

   4.7 (203 Votes)
   

   Museum

   This 600 metre square exhibit showcases the history of French alpine troops. The audio-guides are a wonderful accompaniment to the exhibits – the stories really seem to come alive. Through artefacts such as Weapons, uniforms, communication equipments and maps, it outline the roles that the troops played in various conflicts. With that same purpose in mind the museum also published a quart...Read more

8. Musee Stendhal

   3.9 (157 Votes)
   

   Museum

   Stendhal, who’s actual name is the novelist Henri Beyle, used to live in this 16th/17th century building. The house museum offers an insight into the formative years of this remarkable writer. It’s been open since June 1978, and 2000, was declared as a historic national monument. The highlights of the building are: An Italian entrance lounge A natural history cabinet A study A terr...Read more

9. Musee De L'ancien Eveche

   4.5
   Museum