The museum, and the town hall, are housed in a building which dates from the Second Empire. The museum was created in 1939 by Mme Gardeau and has a wide range of exhibits dating from as far back as the Stone Age (a 20cm, Neolithic axe from Carsac) and the Gallo-Roman period (tile and pottery from the Lupius Villa and an oil lamp from Puy-Chalus).

The collections include porcelain, portraits of Montaigne’s contemporaries and a wide variety of daily utensils.