Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts, Fine arts museum in Gaillac, France

The Gaillac Museum of Fine Arts has occupied the Château de Foucaud since 1934. The two-storey brick building has a symmetrical facade, a tiled hipped roof and a rounded pediment above the roofline; a wide stone staircase leads to a dark double door under a stone lintel. Inside, two floors of permanent displays are joined by rooms for temporary exhibitions.

The town bought the Château de Foucaud in 1903 to house the paintings Firmin Salabert, a pupil of Ingres, had left to Gaillac. The museum opened there in 1934 and was reorganised by the municipality in 1994, creating two floors of permanent displays and rooms for temporary exhibitions. It holds the label 'musée de France'.

The collection shows how French art tastes evolved through time, with works that reveal what mattered to painters and collectors across different periods. You can see this shift as you move through the galleries, where older styles give way to newer approaches to art-making.

The museum sits within walking distance of Gaillac train station, making it easy to reach by public transportation. The interior spaces are well organized, so visitors can move through the artwork without difficulty.

The museum's core collection comes from Firmin Salabert (1811–1895), a pupil of Ingres who gave his paintings to the town. Gaillac's mayor spent years negotiating before the town bought the Château de Foucaud in 1903 to house them; the museum opened there in 1934. A room is devoted to sculptor Jules Pendariès (1863–1933).