A number of museums which, for the most part, relate the
social and economic history of the area.
Local museums
Tobacco Museum
is of national interest. Based in the Peyrarède House, it
exhibits a remarkable collection of objects retracing the
social and cultural history of tobacco through the ages.
It also recounts the history of Bergerac from prehistoric
times to the 1789 Revolution.
Museum of Wine and River
Transport
based in a half-timbered house in the Place de la Myrpe
examines the history of wine-making in the Bergerac area and
of activities linked to the wine trade most notably that of
river transport. The museum has several models of gabares (boats)
and the cooperage industry.
Museum of Wine and River Transport
The Costi Museum
Inaugurated on the 21st June 2003, this new museum occupies
the two renovated cellars of the Saint Jacques presbytery.
The sculptures and drawings of Constantin -"Costi" –
Papachristpoulos, a pupil of Antoine Bourdelle, are exhibited
here.
«La Maison du Vin»
based in the 12th-17th century Recollects Cloister will
familiarise the visitor with the thirteen local Appellations
Contrôlée before he or she heads out to the vineyards themselves.
The cellar where the monks stored their casks of wine, and the
interior courtyard with a 16th century Renaissance gallery and
an 18th century gallery are also of considerable interest.
St Jacques’ Church
St Jacques’ Church
in the Place Pélissière, has Romanesque origins but has
undergone many alterations over the centuries.
The church was a halting stage for pilgrims en route for
Santiago de Compostelle.
The organ is classed as an Historical Monument.
