The Musée du Moyen Verdon

The Moyen Verdon Museum has been led by the Petra Castellana association since 1994. Located inside the Maison Nature & Patrimoines, it raises awareness on the cultural heritage and traditions of our region.

The Moyen Verdon Museum's study area is wide and covers two departments, the Alpes de Haute Provence and the Var. It spreads between Allos, the Haut Verdon (in the north), and Comps, the Artuby Valley in the south. It focuses on the region of Castellane, the cluster of mid-mountain villages located around Castellane, between the Alps and the Mediterranean.

The Moyen Verdon Museum offers temporary exhibitions every two years. Such a regular change of topics certainly allows “animation” in the Maison Nature & Patrimoines but also provides a better value of the collections stored in the museum’s storage area. These collections nearly gathers 11 000 objects, in addition to hundreds of ethnological testimonials and a wide iconographic content.

Aiming to be simple and accessible for everyone, the Moyen Verdon Museum varies its medium: listening points, multimedia stations, films, and an educational corner for children.