Musée de la céramique de Desvres, Ceramic museum in Desvres, France

The ceramic museum holds about 700 objects spanning from Roman times to today, including faience, earthenware, porcelain, and decorative tiles arranged by material and period. The collection fills ten thematic rooms that guide visitors through different types of production and techniques.

The first museum opened in 1963 on the first floor of the rebuilt town hall. In 1991 a new museum designed by architect Bertrand Klein opened on the present site, and a 2012 extension came with the name change to musée de la céramique. Jean-François Sta, attested in 1764, was Desvres's first faience producer, and the Fourmaintraux family drove 19th-century manufacture.

The museum's name changed from musée de la faïence to musée de la céramique in 2012, when an extension opened. Its ten rooms follow a chronological and thematic route from the 17th century, showing glazed earthenware, early faience, stanniferous tiles, cloisonné enamel panels, high-fire stoneware and contemporary creations. The town's faience industry grew in the 19th century under the Fourmaintraux family, and workshops remain active.

The museum sits in the town center and is easy to reach on foot from local shops and cafes. The rooms flow naturally from one to the next, making it simple to spend a couple of hours exploring at your own pace.

The museum's name changed in 2012, when an extension by architect Bertrand Klein's 1991 building turned the "musée de la faïence" into the "musée de la céramique". The earlier collection had opened in 1963 on the first floor of the rebuilt town hall. The museum has held the "musée de France" label since 1 February 2003.