Musée de Lodève

The three permanent exhibits  offer visitors an all-round experience that is both poetic and interactive. The Lodève Museum recreates the stages of life through imprints and traces left on matter.

The Earth Science collection illustrates 540 million years of natural history of flora and fauna that come from fossils found in the area surrounding Lodève. Thanks to this, the population of the Lodève possess  extraordinary natural resources that are recognised internationally and derive from ebb and flow of the sea, the formation of the mountains, their erosion, climate changes and volcanic activity.

The visit dedicated to archaeology deals with the occupation of the earth by Neolithic man. Occupying, residing, living, reproducing and dying are the themes that are developed throughout this pivotal time during which Man became involved in farming and animal husbandry.

And finally, the visit dedicated to Paul Dardé (1888-1963) is an invitation to plunge into the creative process of the sculptor. Thanks to works that were put together from the artist’s studio, the visitor can learn about the themes that were important to Dardé and explore the evolution of his artistic output and its planning phases : drawings, wax modelling, moulds, direct carving and bronzes .