To learn about the history of Bordeaux and its region, head to the Museum of Aquitaine, located on Cours Pasteur, in Gironde's capital city. Attached to it are the Jean Moulin Centre, the national centre for the French Resistance, and the Goupil Museum (a dynasty of international art publishers), accessible to students and researchers only.
The Museum of Aquitaine has some very rich collections, from Prehistory to the contemporary era. Among its masterpieces are the Venus of Laussel (- 25000 B.C.), the treasure of Pauilhac (- 3500 B.C.), Montaigne's cenotaph (late 16th century), "the Heretics", drawings by Auguste Rodin, etc.
There is a choice of tours: self-guided, with an audio-guide or guided with a commentary.
The Jean Moulin Centre, meanwhile, has a documentation centre about the Second World War, and a museum about the history of the Resistance, the Deportation and the Free French Forces.
