Musée de la mosaïque et des émaux de Briare, Mosaic and enamel museum in Briare, France

The Musée de la Mosaïque et des Émaux de Briare occupies the pavillon d'honneur of the former Émaux de Briare factory at 4 rue des Vergers, the house of founder Jean-Félix Bapterosses. Its rooms hold archival photographs and pieces from the different production periods: cameos, mosaics, beads, buttons and faience, plus a hall of 19th-century manufacturing machines.

The museum opened in 1994 to preserve the legacy of the Briare Enamels Company, which started in 1837 as a competing factory in the same region as Gien. The collection reflects decades of manufacturing traditions in this industrial area.

The collection includes pieces by Eugene Grasset and Victor Vasarely that show how enamel and mosaic techniques evolved across different artistic periods. You can observe how local manufacturing traditions inspired and shaped these creative works.

The museum occupies the pavilion d'honneur of the former Émaux de Briare factory at 4 rue des Vergers, the house once belonging to founder Jean-Félix Bapterosses. Inside are a 30-seat auditorium, a bookshop and a shop. Temporary exhibitions run alongside the permanent collections.

The museum holds a plaster bust of Jean-Félix Bapterosses, sculpted by Henri Chapu and cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne. Bapterosses founded the Briare enamel works in 1837; his former home, the factory's pavilion d'honneur at 4 rue des Vergers, now houses the collections.