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Museum Night in spring - Annual Exhibition and Conferences in summer - Heritage Days in autumn
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TEMPORARY EXHIBITION

Oysters Through History

PRIVATE AND
GUIDED TOURS

Reservations

CYCLE OF
CONFERENCES

Auditorium of l'Amérance

This year’s temporary exhibition will focus on oysters through history. 

 

Museum opening times in 2026 :

11 April to 26 April 6 1 and 2 May

3 July to 30 September

 

Schedules :

Spring: 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Summer: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

 

Inauguration: Friday, July 3 at 6:30 p.m.

 

Closed: Tuesday

 

Prices:

Adult: €6 - 12/18 years: €2.50 - Group: €3

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Access for people with reduced mobility

Groups : 8 to 20 people

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Individual price: €5.

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Duration: approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.

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Reservation by email: amisbvc@orange.fr

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Available slots will be communicated to you.

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Payment by credit card

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Payment by transfer :

 

IBAN FR7613807109326745000101072

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The Thursday lecture series will resume on July 2 at 5:00 p.m in the auditorium of the Cancale Cultural Center, l'Amérance.

​The following topics will be presented by a group of speakers :

  • ​​July 2: “Night Diving in the Rance” by Pierre Corbrion

  • July 9: “500 Years of Fishing in Newfoundland” by Philippe Lambert

  • July 16: “Marguerite Lepaistour, a Woman from Cancale” by Fabrice Mauclair

  • July 23: “The Origins of the Identity of the Armorican People” by Yannick Lecerf

  • July 30: “Cybercrime” by Bernard Blay

  • August 6: “Bertrand Gilbert, a Captain from Cancale in the Indian Ocean” by Thierry Huck

  • August 13: “Feudal Estates of the Marches of Brittany” by Philippe Lanos

  • August 20: “Oysters Throughout History” by Hélène Botcazou

  • August 27: “Gemer, a Maritime Database” by Philippe Hrodej

WELCOME TO THE MUSEUM

Inaugurated in 1982, the Cancale museum was created under the leadership of the Association of Friends of Bisquines and Old Cancale. It is located in the old Saint-Méen church rebuilt in the 18th century to the plans of Siméon Garengeau, emulator of Vauban. Collections are kept within these centuries-old walls. The testimonies of Cancalaise life about bisquines, housing, ostreiculture and the port of La Houle, are the major axes.

Open from April 11th to 26th - May 1st and 2nd
From July 3 to September 30, 2026

Intérieur Musée de Cancale

OUR COLLECTIONS

The collections are kept within the centuries-old walls of the Saint-Méen church.

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The testimonies of Cancalaise life about bisquines, housing, ostreiculture and the port of La Houle, are the major axes.

Réunion de l'association - Musée de Cancale

THE ASSOCIATION

Created in October 1973, the association of Friends of Bisquines and Old Cancale is the first cultural association in Cancale. The safeguarding of the still existing maritime heritage, the preservation of it, and the publication of local history, are the main axes.

Les Cahiers de la vie à Cancale - Publication Musée de Cancale - @Logo and Co

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THE PUBLICATIONS

Since 1975 the association has published an annual review “Les Cahiers de la Vie à Cancale”. The booklets cover the history, customs and traditions of Cancalaise life.

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A large part is devoted to the navy of yesterday and today.

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