Museum · Centre-ville
Musée du Compagnonnage
8 rue Nationale, Tours 37000
A national-label museum in the former Saint-Julien abbey at the top of Rue Nationale. It gathers masterpieces by guild craftspeople from many trades and tells the history of the French craft guilds, with temporary exhibitions and talks.
Permanent exhibitions
- Chefs-d'œuvre de compagnons de tous les métiers : charpente, menuiserie, pâtisserie, serrurerie
- Histoire et traditions du compagnonnage dans l'ancienne abbaye Saint-Julien
