Directory of Museums of France: base Museofile

Muséofile lists the “museums of France” (more than 1200) within the meaning of the Code of Heritage.
For each “Museum of France” are indicated, in particular: the official name, postal and Internet addresses, telephone number, geolocation information, a brief history of the museum and its collections, the main themes of the collections...

The directory is available on the Open Heritage Platform.

The data in the Muséofile database are linked to those of the basesJoconde, a collective catalogue of the collections of museums in France, and [Mérimée].

You can read more about Museums of the Ministry of Culture’s website.

List of codes and labels fields:
REF: Museum ID; NOMOFF: Official name of the museum; AUTNOM replaces NOMUSAGE: Name of use of the museum; ADRL1_M: Address (line 1); LIEU_M: Address (line 2); CP_M: Postcode; CITY_M: City; TPD: Department; REGION: Region; URL_M: Address of the website or page of the website; TEL_M: Generic museum telephone; CATEG: Specific category of museum; DOMPAL: Main thematic areas of the collections; HIST: History of the collection; ASSET: Assets of the collection; THEMES: Details of the thematic areas of the collections; ARTIST: Leading artists of the collection; LIGHTHOUSE: Flagship characters of the collection; INTEREST: Architectural characteristic of the building; PROT-BAT: Type of building protection; PROT-ESP: Type of space protection; REFMER: reference in the Merimee base; AN-CREAT: year of creation; DMAJ: Date of last update of the information; Latitude; Longitude.