Museum of the Resistance

The Museum of the Resistance, in Limoges

The Museum of the Resistance of Limoges pays tribute to all those who sacrificed their lives to defend France during the Second World War. The Limoges audio-guided tour stops here, with respect, to evoke this essential place of memory, in the heart of a region profoundly marked by the Resistance.

The tribute to the combatants of the shadow

This building, that forms the corner between the rue Neuve-Saint-Étienne and the rue de la Providence, is the Museum of the Resistance. A true tribute to all those who sacrificed their lives to defend France, it retraces, with gravity, the history of the Resistance during the Second World War. The Limousin and the region of Limoges were indeed lands of particularly active Resistance: its forests and its countrysides sheltered numerous maquis, these groups of clandestine combatants who fought against the Nazi occupier and the regime of Vichy, at the peril of their lives. The region paid a heavy tribute to this struggle, as the martyrdom of the neighbouring village of Oradour-sur-Glane testifies, whose population was massacred in 1944, a tragedy that marked forever the collective memory. The museum presents documents, objects, photographs and testimonies that tell the courage of these men and these women, their engagement, their sufferings and their struggle for freedom. A place of memory and transmission, it honours the remembrance of the resistance fighters and the victims, and recalls to the young generations the price of freedom. A place of memory and a tribute to the resistance fighters, the Museum of the Resistance is discovered with respect.

What to see

Here you discover, with respect, the museum paying tribute to those who sacrificed their lives to defend France; it retraces the history of the Resistance in the Limousin, a particularly active land of maquis, hardly struck as the martyrdom of Oradour-sur-Glane in 1944 testifies, through documents, objects and testimonies telling the courage and the struggle for freedom. The Museum of the Resistance is a place of memory of Limoges. It is a stop to be discovered with respect.

Practical information

The Museum of the Resistance lies at the corner of the rue Neuve-Saint-Étienne and the rue de la Providence, in the heart of Limoges, reachable on foot. The visit follows its own hours and conditions, which vary according to the season; entry may be free or paid. It is best to check them before coming and to approach this place of memory with respect.

What is the Museum of the Resistance devoted to in Limoges?

To the tribute of all those who sacrificed their lives to defend France during the Second World War; it retraces the history of the Resistance in the Limousin, a particularly active land of maquis and hardly struck as the martyrdom of Oradour-sur-Glane in 1944 testifies, through documents, objects and testimonies telling the courage and the struggle for freedom.

Where is the Museum of the Resistance in Limoges?

At the corner of the rue Neuve-Saint-Étienne and the rue de la Providence, in the heart of Limoges, in France.