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The museum has had a makeover ! André Voulgre's beautiful residence, nestled in the heart of a large park, has retained its charm and is now open to visitors. Explore the museum's 20 rooms and discover the art of living, craftsmanship and industry, and the evolution of Périgord society over the last 200 years. You can stroll through a furnished 19th-century charterhouse and step back in time...

Fun visitor's booklet for children.

The John and Eugenie Bost House is a museum of history: that of John Bost who arrived in the village of La Force in the Dordogne in the middle of the 19th century, creator of a unique place that is the John BOST Foundation, and that of the people who, yesterday and today, work or live there
It is also an art museum with artistic creations made by residents of the Foundation that mark the museographic journey.
Finally, it is a modern museum that is accessible to all: objects, photos and videos allow visitors to enter this singular universe where everyone has their place

"A museum to understand the difference".

Exhibition on art brut.

Located in Villefranche de Lonchat near the lake of Gurson, the museum, recently named "Léonie Gardeau", traces the different periods of occupation.

Vestiges of a gallo-romain villa with peristyle and inner courtyard inhabited from the Ist to the VIth century. Polycusped hall, antique baths and preserved mosaics.
The excavations carried out on the site of Montcaret by Jules Formigé between 1922 and 1939 revealed its wealth.
In the 1st and 2nd centuries, a great Gallo-Roman villa was built there. It was transformed in the 4th century: the house was in its prime at that time.
The arrangement of the house is Graeco-Roman.

No! The Tobacco Museum is not a tool for promoting tobacco, nor is it only for smokers!
Its unique collections in Europe evoke the saga of a plant with an exceptional destiny, sometimes divine, sometimes cursed, born and used in America more than 3000 years ago before conquering Africa and then the world. Although it has been put in the dock in its current mode of consumption, it has nevertheless left its mark on all civilizations on a sociological, economic, cultural, artistic and political level.
Discover in its auditorium and thanks to the exhibition of rare pieces, this fact of universal society, the history of tobacco use and objects related to its consumption.
The Tobacco Museum is housed in the Maison Peyrarède, known as Château Henri IV. The architecture of this private mansion, built in the 17th century for a rich bourgeois family, bears witness to the transition from Renaiss

On the left bank of the Dordogne, 20km from Bergerac, the Rouzique paper mill is located west of Couze-et-Saint-Front. Thanks to the river's regular flow, the quality of its water and its location, this village has been the cradle of paper-making in the South-West since the 15th century. The presence of the La Rouzique paper mill is attested as early as 1530. Now the Écono-musée du papier chiffon, it is still in operation.

In the company of the paper-maker and guides from the Au Fil du Temps association, immerse yourself in the world of rag paper. Your guide will tell you all about the history of paper, and explain why the paper mill developed here, between Couze and Dordogne. Visit the various buildings on the site, then discover how small pieces of fabric are transformed into sheets of paper. Every day in summer, make your own sheet and take it with you!