Musée Claude-Nicolas Ledoux d'Arc-et-Senans

The Claude-Nicolas Ledoux Museum occupies a section of the Royal Saltworks complex, displaying architectural models and drawings in a UNESCO World Heritage setting.

The museum, which opened in 1991, preserves the legacy of Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, an 18th-century architect who designed industrial and civic buildings across France.

The collection presents sixty detailed scale models of Ledoux's projects, including theaters, mansions, and his unrealized vision for an industrial city.

Visitors can explore the permanent exhibition through three different thematic trails with multilingual touch-screen displays and augmented reality experiences.

The museum contains digital reconstructions of unbuilt monuments from Ledoux's book 'Architecture considérée sous le rapport de l'art, des moeurs et de la législation'.

Location: Arc-et-Senans

Official opening: May 24, 1991

Part of: Chaux

Website: http://salineroyale.com

GPS coordinates: 47.03218,5.77729

Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:54