Good stop when visiting caves. Lots of flints, some signs are in English. Animal displays are cool,…read moreand the museum continues along the hillside for great views.

Take a walk back through time Our tour guide brought us here…read morefor a tour of this museum. The collection, the documentation, the displays cataloged with a "Smithsonian" perfection were just overwhelming for the short period of time we were there. I understand this area of France is a little off the beaten path for the large American tour companies. This is a shame, the museum deserved much more time for discovery and contemplation. Even with so much use of French in the museum, a visitor can still be filled with a sense of wonder.

Always a pleasure to come here and enjoy : - old and…read moretypical Bordeaux building (2 floors) - contemporary art - architecture - putman restaurant for brunch or any great food you want to enjoy in a lovely industrial place. Worth a visit !

From the owner: Classé au titre des Monuments Historiques L'entrepôt Lainé, ancienne aire de stockage des denrées…read morecoloniales en transit à Bordeaux, est devenu, en presque vingt ans, un musée d'art contemporain célèbre dans le monde entier. Il réunit une collection remarquable de plus de 600 œuvres d'une centaine d'artistes : peinture française dans les années 70, peinture des années 80 et une section sur la création des générations actuelles. Dans ce lieu magique, les accrochages proposent une réflexion intelligente sur les grandes tendances de l'art de ces dernières années. Le Capc dispose d'une remarquable bibliothèque particulièrement bien pourvue en publications périodiques du monde entier accessible l'été sur rendez-vous et le reste de l'année ouverte du mardi au vendredi de 14h à 18h.

This is a small museum in Bordeaux but it has quite a few interesting artifacts. Things like old…read morewine bottles, (many are full) a canoe built without any nails, lots of various wine making equipment, old business logs, old barrels, and on and on. It's worth a stop just to see the things that they have.

Enjoyed the wine tasting and history provided at this magical place. Would return in future.read more

Nice garden and tour of the Tower area. Also a chance to buy…read morethe estate wine. You can just visit the garden for a nice walk if you wish.

From the owner: Classé au titre des Monuments Historiques Installées dans l'ancienne faculté de lettres et des…read moresciences construite à la fin du XIXème siècle, les vastes salles du musée présentent toute l'histoire régionale de l'Aquitaine. On y découvre près de 700 000 pièces de différentes époques, venues du monde entier classées en 3 domaines : archéologie, histoire et ethnographie. Le Musée d'Aquitaine abrite également les collections du Musée Goupil. A l'occasion de la commémoration nationale de l'abolition de l'esclavage, Le Musée d'Aquitaine inaugure le 10 mai un nouvel espace dédié à l'exposition Bordeaux, le commerce atlantique et l'esclavage. Consacrées au développement sans précédent de la ville de Bordeaux au XVIIIe siècle, ces nouvelles salles mettent en évidence l'importance du grand commerce atlantique et les échanges avec les Antilles. Elles montrent aussi comment la traite négrière et l'esclavage ont assuré une part de la prospérité de tous les ports d'Europe de l'ouest pendant près de

From the owner: Un musée encyclopédique Le musée du Périgord est issu de la fusion en 1895 de deux musées, le musée…read moredépartemental d'archéologie fondé en 1836 et le musée municipal des beaux-arts crée en 1857. On y trouve des galeries consacrées les unes à l'archéologie (préhistoire, gallo-romain, médiéval), l'ethnographie non-européenne (Afrique, Océanie), les minéraux et les fossiles ; les autres aux beaux-arts (écoles européennes du 16e au 19e, et artistes régionaux du 18e au 20e), et objets d'art. Le musée organise trois ou quatre fois par an des expositions consacrées à la valorisation de ses collections en partenariat avec d'autres musées, et l'accueil d'artistes contemporains.

I've been traveling to paper museums, and this particular museum is not necessarily the best for…read moreexplaining making paper, but its exhibition space is devoted to the art of paper. The particular exhibition April to December 2018 anticipates the centenary of the end of World War I, which will be commemorated November 11. The paper sculptures of WWI soldiers and the women they left behind are in the exhibition space. Not to be missed is the 12-minute film (English subtitles) created from these paper sculptures in a masterful stop action animated film. It is charming as well as tragic. A nice small boutique includes colorful graphics from the era when the factory rolled out cigarette papers after it became fashionable in 1850 France to "roll your own." The machinery on the first floor of the mill is signed, and there are some English translations. One sign notes the "master of the paper," Jacques Brejoux, who is in residence at another historic mill in the countryside: Moulin du Verger. He is still actively working on handmade paper and book restoration. (Call for an appointment to tour that mill.)

From the owner: Aux sources du papier Depuis 1988, ce musée retrace toute l'histoire du papier, et l'évolution des…read moretechniques industrielles de la papeterie dont la Charente fût longtemps le centre majeur. Installé dans l'ancienne papeterie J. Bardou (papier à cigarettes) construite sur la Charente, il présente sur deux étages et sous forme d'expositions temporaires diverses collections autour de ce thème. Un service documentaire et iconographique est à la disposition de tous, il suffit de demander.

A powerful museum and preserved village tell the story of French citizens rounded up and executed…read moreby the Nazi's in June 1944. Men, women, children, entire families gone; 642 people in total. Bodies were burned and buried to try to hide the crime. I didn't know this history but now that I've been there I won't forget.

Many Americans have probably never heard of Oradour sur Glane or the "Martyred Village." They…read moreshould. It is sobering, and while I have seen most of France from living there and my numerous visits, this place has stayed with me like no other. It's an important reminder that not too many years ago, in still Nazi occupied France, on June 10, 1944, to be exact, the Nazi's brought death and destruction to some 642 inhabitants, men, women and children living in an idyllic, small French village. The women and children were locked inside the church whilst the Nazi's looted the town. The men were led and lined up within barns and were machine gunned down, as told from a survivor, they aimed for mens' legs and then the Nazi's then burned the barns down along with the men. Six men managed to escape. After the massacre of the men, the Nazi's lit the church on fire where they had earlier rounded up the women and children, murdering all but one woman who managed to escape. Following the massacre, the Germans returned to complete their destruction of the village and it stands today, they way it did some 71 years ago. General Charles De Gaulle is the force behind the idea to leave the village as it was. It was he who wanted the village to stand today as it did post-massacere as a memorial to the fallen. In 1999, President Jaques Chirac dedicated the formal memorial. When you visit, walk through the streets of the burned out village. You will see the charred reminders inside the remainders of the homes of the families whose home were burned and their lives snuffed out; rusty bed frames, old stoves, teapots, etc. Please take the time to visit he official yet small memorial where you can silently weep over an exhibit of personal items gathered from the victims such as soot covered and melted timepieces and lockets. You'll notice the timepieces all stop at roughly the same time... I challenge you to leave with dry eyes. 2015 - Review # 100 Addendum: what kind of messed-up person thinks this review is funny?