Museums and cultural venues Office de Tourisme de Lille

The Palais des Beaux-Arts

Behind the doors of this superb 19th-century building, adorned with gilding and sculptures, lies France’s richest collection of works of art after that of the Louvre: Rodin, Van Dyck, Rubens, Delacroix, Goya, Courbet and many other world-renowned artists are on display.

Part of the history of the North, its galleries offer a journey through styles and eras, and regularly host temporary exhibitions open to all.

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La Piscine, Museum of Art and Industry

This former swimming pool, built in art deco style in the heart of Roubaix, is a true cultural gem. Inside, you’ll find a rare wealth of collections! The Museum of Art and Industry invites you on an original discovery of its collections of applied arts (drawing, textiles, ceramics) and fine arts (painting, sculpture from the 19th and 20th centuries).

During your visit, you won’t want to leave without taking a picture of the two immense glass windows that illuminate the basin below.

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The witnesses of the History

Nestled in the four corners of the city, a number of museums tell the story of Lille in their own way. The must-see Hospice Comtesse takes you back to the Flemish era, when Lille was in full development, while the Maison natale Charles de Gaulle and the Institut Pasteur de Lille museum take you back to more contemporary times.

Hospice Comtesse Museum

This ancient hospital, whose origins date back to medieval times, was founded in 1237 within the walls of the palace of Countess Jeanne de Flandre. It housed the sick and...

Charles de Gaulle Birthplace

Charles de Gaulle was born at 9 rue Princesse in Lille, in the home of his maternal grandparents, on 22 November 1890. This house was the site of family reunions throughout the…

Lille Pasteur Institute Museum

In 2017, the Institut Pasteur de Lille decided to give its museum a new lease of life. As a showcase for the history of the Institut Pasteur de Lille and a focus for current scientific research, the museum was born of a desire to…

The LaM, modern art, contemporary art, art brut

The museum’s origins lie in the major donation of modern art made in 1979 by Geneviève and Jean Masurel, and enriched in 1999 by the exceptional collection of outsider art from the Aracine association.

Today, LaM is unique in that it offers a tour route that explores the cross-disciplinary links between the museum’s three collections: modern art, contemporary art and outsider art. The building stands in a green setting of 23,000 m2, punctuated by monumental works of art.

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The Villa Cavrois

An architectural manifesto, this 1932 building is the most emblematic achievement of modernist architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, and is just 20 minutes from Lille. Commissioned by the wealthy textile industrialist Paul Cavrois, the Villa Cavrois is a contemporary château that incorporates all the advanced techniques of the time.

Abandoned and vandalised, the Villa Cavrois was listed as a historic monument in 1990, purchased by the state and then renovated over thirteen years to restore it to its original 1932 state.

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Art in all its forms

With its rich cultural offering, the metropolis of Lille is full of wonders to explore. Whether you’re a fan of fine arts, contemporary art or Arab culture, Lille and the surrounding area have plenty to surprise you.

MUba Eugène Leroy

When you walk through the doors of this museum, you are drawn in by the imperceptible exchanges between contemporary works and those dating from before the 19th century. It is also a place of reference dedicated to the artist Eugène Leroy.

LaM, museum of modern art

Located 20 minutes from Lille, in Villeneuve d’Ascq, LaM is a garden museum with an atypical collection, offering a unique panorama of 20th and 21st century art.

Arab World Institute

Housed in Tourcoing’s former swimming school, the Institut du Monde Arabe-Tourcoing aims to promote the cultures of the Arab world by presenting…

The Center of Sacred Art

Enter the basement of Notre-Dame de la Treille Cathedral, in the neo-Gothic crypt, to discover works from the Delaine Collection: a multitude of paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings and stained glass windows by 20th and 21st century artists, on the theme of the Passion of Christ. A collection unique in France and the rest of the world, it blends contemporary art with a theme rightly abandoned by the period and its artists.

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The Museum of Natural History

When it was inaugurated in 1894, this former science faculty was entrusted with the city of Lille’s geology and zoology collections, to meet the needs of the burgeoning research community at the time, and to help visitors marvel at the collections.

Now entirely converted into a museum, the building houses some remarkably well-preserved natural treasures, whose presentation plunges those who observe them thousands, even millions of years back in time… A great idea for a fun family outing!