What to do and see in Finistere, Brittany: The Best Specialty Museums

Only a few rare cities’ names are linked to an art or a passion. Quimper has the luck to be one of them. Associated with earthenware for over 300 years, today Quimper has a museum worthy of this great artisan and industrial tradition. The earthenware museum will give you the opportunity of an enriching trip through the centuries. The exhibition of 500 pieces exposed, some of which are unique, is regularly renewed, thanks to a collection of 2000 works whether religious, historical, scenes of daily life or abstract drawings, all fixed in this noble and beautiful material. Your visit will lead you to understand the entire manufacturing process, the different methods and stages of production. Then, you will dive into the birth and evolution of the Quimper style but also in the history of the different factories that monopolized the activity of Locmaria district. This tour will take you between Marseille, Nevers, Rouen to the bank of Odet.

Museum about the ancient way of life in Brittany with several areas to discover : -The house and the livestocks buildings -The school of 1940-1950 -The room of breton games -The agricultural gallery -The job's street -The exibitions (breton horses, breton dolls, hairdress from Tregor, cycling, first war).

In HALIOTIKA- La Cité de la Pêche,the whole family goes into the high seas: adults and children can dive into the fishermen’s world.In this modern and interactive discovery centre, Haliotika introduces us to the real fishing universe: virtual fishing boat gangway, trawl reproduction and its fishing, visual and audible environment, riddles for children… everything is designed to take grown-ups and little ones back to the Breton fishing boats...Haliotika also offers several workshops and visits: fish markets, port visits, tasting workshops, cooking workshops, seaweed workshops, treasure hunts… And don’t forget our wonderful seaview terrace from where you can leisurely watch the unloading of the catch.

Entre Morgat et le Cap de la Chèvre, implantée dans une ancienne école rurale, la Maison des Minéraux vous propose de découvrir l’environnement riche et varié de la presqu’île de Crozon, du Finistère et du Massif Armoricain. Des animations toute l’année, sur des thèmes et des formes variés : animations scolaires sur la géologie, balades "nature" pour découvrir la géologie, la faune et la flore locale, visites commentées des espaces muséographiques, etc. Passage obligé pour les curieux de nature !