• The old Cluniac Priory of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, remodeled in the 15th century, now houses a complete museum of local art history, where Charolais earthenware, the heart of the collection, rubs shoulders with painting and sculpture. Jean Laronze (1852-1937), a Burgundian landscape painter, by offering the city some forty works, is at the origin of the creation of this museum, today labeled "Museum of France".
• His collection of Charolles earthenware ranges from the first pieces of Hippolyte Prost in 1844 to contemporary productions of the current earthenware industry. The museum also has a landscape painting section, where paintings by Jean Laronze from the 19th century coexist with those by Paul Louis Nigaud (1895-1937), also a Burgundian painter. The Cluniac site is put in the spotlight through the hall of capitals and the hall of Apparat (listed as a Historic Monument). Finally, the Espace Davoine, created in 2005, presents sculptures on wood and stone by Charolais artist René Davoine (1888-1962) from the former René Davoine Museum (closed to the public).
• Each year the museum offers a new temporary exhibition around ceramics, in connection with the museum's permanent collections, and a program rich in events.
• The Priory Museum team offers holiday workshops for children every year during the summer, and regular guided tours.
• Opening hours: From May to September from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., every day (closed Tuesdays and the day after Heritage Days).
• Entrance fees:

• Full € 4.
• Reduced € 3 (discovery books, groups of more than 10 people, students).
• Free: job seekers, people with disabilities, under 18, tourism professionals, 1st Sunday of the month.

• Contact details:

• Priory Museum - 4 rue du Prieuré - 71120 Charolles.
• Tel. : +33 3 85 24 24 74.
• Email: museeduprieure@ville-charolles.fr