For its first temporary exhibition, the Musée Dobrée has chosen a powerful, original, and deeply human subject: the heart – from the organ to the symbol.
Exploring both the anatomical history of the organ and the story of a loving heart, the exhibition presents works from all historical periods and horizons. Everyone is invited to rediscover this familiar organ through a new lens, via a dialogue between the museum’s newly restored collections and exceptional loans from national institutions and private collections.
Exhibition curators:
Julie Pellegrin, chief curator, director of the Dobrée Museum and Grand Patrimoine de Loire-Atlantique.
Yann Lignereux, professor of modern history at the University of Nantes. Yann Lignereux is a certified history teacher and member of the Centre for Research in International and Atlantic History (CRHIA).
A specialist in modern political cultures and practices, he has worked in particular on the royal imagination in France and on the challenges of representing power (iconography and diplomacy) from the late 15th century to the early 18th century.
1 Place Jean V, Nantes
How to get there?
Parking(s) nearby: Parking Médiathèque, Parking Graslin, Parking Gloriette 2
Public transport: Copernic - Musées, Copernic, Médiathèque, Édit de Nantes, Delorme
Self-service bicycles: Racine (n°33), Alger (n°36), Médiathèque (n°34), Delorme (n°12), Brunelière (n°41), Lamoricière (n°75), Bourse (n°31), René Bouhier (n°76)
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Closed: Mondays and Tuesdays, January 1, May 1, July 14 and December 25.
Free for PASS Nantes holders
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Admission: full price €7 - reduced price €4 -
From October 17th 2025 : full price 9 € - reduced price 6 €
Free for under-26s, people on minimum social benefits, disabled people and jobseekers.
Free access with the “Carte Grand Patrimoine”.
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Café Dobrée : open from Wednesday to Sunday : 10.00 – 18.00.