Musée Fleury, Art museum in Lodève, France.

Musée Fleury, now the musée de Lodève, occupies the 17th-century hôtel particulier of Cardinal Hercule de Fleury, remodeled in the 18th century. Its entrance facade, pale pink with eight shuttered upper windows and the metal letters "MUSEE FLEURY", faces the former garden, marked by a fountain. A 2013-2018 extension added contemporary galleries, bringing exhibition space from 350 to 1,150 m².

A municipal deliberation of 25 January 1957 created the Musée de Lodève, inaugurated on 26 May 1962 in the chapelle des Carmes under the name of its main donor, Jacques Audibert. In 1972 the widow of sculptor Paul Dardé gave his studio collection to the town, shown in three rooms of the hôtel de Fleury. The two collections were united in the current premises, inaugurated on 10 July 1987.

The museum's name honours Cardinal Hercule de Fleury, born in this 17th-century townhouse, tutor and first minister to Louis XV. Since 1972 three rooms have shown the studio collection given to the city by Alice Dardé, widow of sculptor Paul Dardé, a native of Lodève. Temporary exhibitions have been devoted to artists and movements of 1860-1930 since a 1997 Utrillo tribute.

The museum is spread across a large building on multiple floors, so visitors should plan for a full visit to see the collections. Comfortable shoes are recommended since you will walk through many exhibition spaces.

The entrance facade facing visitors is not the original main front: it opens onto the former garden of the hôtel particulier, a change still visible at the fountain. The building saw the birth of Cardinal de Fleury, tutor and first minister of Louis XV.