The Musée archéologique départemental de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges was created relatively recently in 1985 to house the vast collection of artefacts, over 15,000 objects, being excavated from Lugdunum Convenarum, the Roman town of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges. The most celebrated collection is the so-called trophée augustéen, discovered in 1926. > Read more

The musée de Cahors Henri-Martin, created in 1833, is a typical 19th century museum, with over 10,000 objects of natural history, antiquity and fine arts. The archaeology collections are just as typical of collecting habits of the early 19th century, with objects from the obvious Mediterranean cultures, including Egyptian, Etruscan and Roman. > Read more

What was once the Champollion family home in 1986 became the Musée Champollion, to honour the work of Jean-François Champollion. In 2007, after two years of substantial renovations, and the purchasing of neighbouring buildings, a new museum opened that is the only museum in Europe to explore the history of writing around the world. > Read more

A relatively small archaeological museum, established quite recently in 1995, displaying various objects found in the area from the Gallo-Roman period. But this rather modest museum displays France's finest Roman hoard of 28,003 coins, as well as 50 pieces of jewellery and other precious objects from the 3rd century AD. Le Tresor d'Eauze is the only such hoard to have been preserved in its entirety. > Read more

One of the oldest local history museums in the Gascony area, with palaeontology, archaeology and history collections, the various objects from the immediate vicinity. The museum has one of the most important collections of Roman taurobolic alters. The archaeology collections are located in the cellars of what is today the Hôtel de Ville, formerly the palace of the bishops of Lectoure. > Read more

On the banks of the Garonne River is an archaeologically sensitive reconstruction of a Gaulois village that shows what live was like during the Iron Age before the arrival of the Romans in Gaul. Besides the reconstructed village that takes up nearly nine hectares, a number of artisans are on hand to demonstrate various traditional skills, including metal smelting, weaving, working with gold, and the making of coins. This theme park is particularly suited to younger children. > Read more

In the foothills of the majestic Pyrénées is the Parc de la Préhistoire, a 13 hectare educational theme park that provides an idea of what life might have been like during the time when Palaeolithic people were making cave art. Besides demonstrations of various aspects of daily life and outdoor reconstructions, not to be missed is the incredibly accurate reproduction of the cave art in Niaux nearby. > Read more

Le Musée de Montréal-du-Gers is a private museum that was set up to house and study the remains from the nearby Séviac Villa. On various vertical display cases and panels are a number of the more fragile mosaic floors and other artefacts that were removed from the site. Pride of place is given to a spectacular mosaic floor, decorated with a number of trees. > Read more