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Musée Sainte-Croix

Musée Sainte-Croix is a museum in Poitiers. 91 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers (200 m). Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 9 languages.

Photo: Musée Sainte-Croix, Danielclauzier (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Poitiers

inside the commune

How well known

Top 3%

#758 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

May–Oct

highs of 18–26°C

In brief

Museum in Poitiers

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#758 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Poitiers

Musée Sainte-Croix is in the commune of Poitiers, with 17 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Weather by the month

Warm weather in Poitiers runs May to October, with highs of 18–26°C.

Jan8° / 2°61 mm

Feb10° / 2°47 mm

Mar13° / 4°49 mm

Apr16° / 5°53 mm

May20° / 9°64 mm

Jun24° / 12°60 mm

Jul26° / 14°46 mm

Aug26° / 14°43 mm

Sep23° / 11°53 mm

Oct18° / 9°72 mm

Nov12° / 5°75 mm

Dec9° / 2°73 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Poitiers, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Poitiers-Biard station, 3.1 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Poitiers’ full climate →

About

Musée Sainte-Croix

Museum in Poitiers, France.

Musée Sainte-Croix is in Poitiers, Vienne.

Musée Sainte-Croix on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Covered in: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Poitiers, Vienne
Official site: musee-saintecroix.fr

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Plan your visit

How to visit

HoursTue–Fri 10:00–18:00 · Sat, Sun, public holidays 13:00–18:00

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Getting to Musée Sainte-Croix

Use the numbers to match each place near Musée Sainte-Croix with the list.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

The biggest base of the 8 is Poitiers (89,916 people). The commune it is in, then the towns of 2,500+ within 25 km.

1 · It’s in this commune

Poitiers

89,916 people

2 · 2.6 km north of it

Buxerolles

10,289 people

3 · 2.8 km south of it

Saint-Benoît

7,375 people

4 · 5.5 km southeast of it

Mignaloux-Beauvoir

5,229 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Musée Sainte-Croix is	People
Poitiers	It’s in this commune	89,916
Buxerolles	2.6 km north of it	10,289
Saint-Benoît	2.8 km south of it	7,375
Mignaloux-Beauvoir	5.5 km southeast of it	5,229
Vouneuil-sous-Biard	5.6 km west of it	6,290
Migné-Auxances	6.1 km northwest of it	6,285
Ligugé	6.8 km south of it	3,444
Montamisé	7.4 km northeast of it	3,723

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Also near Musée Sainte-Croix

91 more lie within 15 km, 2 gardens, a cathedral and a house among them.

1CathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers200 m northeast, in Poitiers 2Historic houseHistoric housePalais des ducs d'Aquitaine600 m northwest, in Poitiers 3

Theme parkFuturoscope10 km north, in Jaunay-Marigny 4GardenGardenJardin des Plantes de Poitiers900 m north, in Poitiers 5GardenGardenParc de Blossac1.2 km southwest, in Poitiers 6AbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Cyprien de Poitiers1.5 km northeast, in Poitiers 7

MuseumMusée Rupert-de-Chièvres700 m west, in Poitiers 8Monastery or conventMonastery or conventMonastère Saint-Hilaire de la Celle300 m west, in Poitiers

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Musée Sainte-Croix: what to know

Where is Musée Sainte-Croix?

Musée Sainte-Croix is in Poitiers, in Vienne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine).

What is Musée Sainte-Croix?

Museum in Poitiers, France.

How well known is Musée Sainte-Croix?

Musée Sainte-Croix has 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #758 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Musée Sainte-Croix?

May to October are the warmest months in Poitiers, with afternoon highs of 18–26°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Musée Sainte-Croix?

Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers (200 m), Palais des ducs d'Aquitaine (600 m), Futuroscope (10 km) and Jardin des Plantes de Poitiers (900 m).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

Musée Sainte-Croix: Danielclauzier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Futuroscope: Koakoo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée Rupert-de-Chièvres: Arseni Mourzenko, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.