Museum and the hunt collection

Chien Barbet Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755)

Anne de Beaujeu's imposing residence abandon the medieval defensive aspect for a comfortable Renaissance residence and dominating the Loire valley. 
After several different owners, the chateau was bought by the french administration to shelter the sub prefecture, the court and the prison. Since 1952, it houses the " Museum of the hunt”, helping to give a new lease of life to the town of Gien, much of which had been destroyed during the Second World War. The museum houses a sumptuous collection of hunting artefacts dating from the Middle Ages to the present time. The project was led by two hunters, Pierre-Louis Duchartre and Henri de Linares and enriched thanks to the generosity of a large numbers of donors and loans from national museums. After 4 years of intense works of restoration (2013-2017), the public now discovers hunting collections and the history of the Loire Valley.