Bandeau Annonce prog juin-août 2023Expo Beaux rivages du 15 avril au 16 décembre 2023 au Musée de la Loire de Cosne-Cours-sur-LoireConférence Les peintres juifs de l’École de Paris Mercredi 7 juin 2023 au Musée de la LoireBeaux rivages du musée à la plage Vendredi 16 juin à 18h au Musée de la Loire de Cosne-Cours-sur-LoireVisites guidées Journées du Patrimoine de Pays et des Moulins les 23, 24 et 25 juin 2023 au Musée de la Loire de Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

Welcome to the Loire Museum in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire!

The Loire Museum is located in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire in the Nièvre, in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, at the confluence of the Loire and the Nohain River.

The Loire Museum offers you a privileged encounter between the Loire and Fine Arts in the heart of a historical monument: the former Augustinian convent.

The Augustinian convent in the early seventeenth century, print

Model of a Loire barge, Musée de la Loire, COATP 997

We invite you first to embark on a discovery of the history of the Loire, one of the largest rivers in Europe, its navigation, its residents and its sailors.


In a second step, we offer you access to an exceptional Fine Arts collection dedicated in particular to modern painting. It brings together great names of the School of Paris among which stand out Chagall, Dufy, Vlaminck, Utrillo or Derain.

Jules-Emile Zingg, Marine à la Clarté


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The Loire Museum benefits from the name "Museum of France" of the Ministry of Culture.


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