Resistance Museum : info and guided tour

Presentation of the Resistance Museum

The Resistance Museum in Limoges is located at 7 rue Neuve Saint-Étienne, in the city center, close to an old district that places your visit within the city’s historic fabric. The museum focuses on the Resistance in France and on the particular way it took shape and meaning in Limoges, a city marked by mobilization and the memories of the 20th century.

The museum brings together documents, objects and testimonies linked to resistance activities, the Occupation and the forms of struggle that shaped this period. Its exhibition route helps visitors understand concrete realities such as daily life, solidarity networks, clandestine activity and the passing on of memory, in a presentation designed for a wide audience.

Through its collections, the Resistance Museum offers a historical and memorial perspective on the fight against oppression. It sheds light on the role of local and national actors without limiting itself to a single military dimension, also showing the civil, political and human issues surrounding this history.

Located in Limoges, the museum is part of a city whose 20th-century past has nurtured a strong memory of the Resistance. Visitors discover a place of preservation and interpretation, where archives, displayed objects and scenography help place this history in its urban and regional context.

Discover Limoges with a private guide

A private guide can help you better understand the Resistance Museum by connecting its collections with the historical realities of Limoges. Their guidance makes it easier to grasp the objects, documents and local context, while also providing reference points for the museum’s place in the memory of the city and of France.