Musée de la Lavande, Lavender museum in Coustellet, France

Musée de la Lavande occupies a Provençal building in Coustellet, 20 km from Avignon, within the Luberon Regional Natural Park. Its central white stone section carries a triangular pediment and the painted inscription "MUSÉE DE LA LAVANDE"; two rough light-tan stone wings flank it, each with a rectangular window and a lantern. Inside, the collection covers distillation from the 17th century onward, farm equipment, labels and traditional costumes.

Georges Lincelé, a native of Apt from a family of lavender producers and distillers since 1890, founded the museum in 1991 in Coustellet. He created it to restore the value of fine lavender (Lavandula officinalis), an endemic plant of Provence, and to display his collection of objects tied to its history. The museum is part of the family's 110-hectare lavender estate, Le Château du Bois, in the Luberon Regional Natural Park.

The museum shows how lavender growing shaped the identity of this region and the families who built their lives around it. The tools and equipment on display reveal the crafts and methods that became central to local life and work.

The museum holds the Qualité Tourisme and Tourisme et Handicap labels and receives about 50,000 visitors a year. It sits in Coustellet, some 20 km from Avignon, within the Luberon Regional Natural Park. The site includes a shop and a Mediterranean garden; the building is entered through a glass double door marked Entrée, with the sales room, Salle Vente, on the left.

The collection includes a Roue Garnier from 1902, a rare piece among the museum's distillation equipment. The museum belongs to the Lincelé family's 110-hectare lavender estate, Le Château du Bois, whose fine lavender carries AOP Haute-Provence status. Around 50,000 visitors come each year.