Franco-prussian war museum in Loigny-la-Bataille, Military history museum in Loigny-la-Bataille, France.

The Musée de la guerre de 1870 occupies the former presbytery beside the Saint-Lucain church in Loigny-la-Bataille, with 250 m² of exhibition space opened on 16 September 2017. Displays hold weapons, costumes, twelve ink drawings by Paul Richer of the village in 1870, lithographs by Hippolyte Lalaisse and a monumental painting by Antoine-Eugène Renouard. A red partition headed "Le temps de la défense nationale" stands before a glass case.

After the 1870 battle, the successive parish priests of Loigny collected military objects picked up on the battlefield. A first small museum opened in the village presbytery in 1907, and donations grew steadily from then on. In 1956 a new building was added between the presbytery and the church; it stayed open until 2015. After four years of works, the enlarged museum reopened on 16 September 2017 in the neighbouring presbytery, covering 250 m² and including the church in the visit.

The collection holds personal belongings, photographs, and letters from French and German soldiers that show how people experienced the war. These objects tell stories of families, hopes, and the daily lives of soldiers caught in the conflict.

The venue offers interactive touch tables and virtual reality tablets to explore battlefield reconstructions and military movements. These modern display tools help visitors better understand the complexity of the 1870 conflict.

The museum visit includes the adjoining Saint-Lucain church, whose crypt holds an ossuary with the bones of 1,300 French, Prussian and Bavarian soldiers. Four tombs stand there, including those of generals Louis-Gaston de Sonis and Athanase de Charette de La Contrie.