Art galleries in Rouen: directory, map and artistic districts

Esplanade Marcel-Duchamp, 76000 Rouen

The great Rouen museum displays painting, sculpture and drawing from the 15th century to the present day, with remarkable ensembles by Caravaggio, Géricault, Monet and Duchamp. The impressionist collection and temporary exhibitions make it the most complete starting point for understanding Rouen's place in art history.

Rue Jacques-Villon, 76000 Rouen

In the old Saint-Laurent church, a spectacular collection of ironwork transforms keys, signs, chests and grilles into real sculpture. Gothic architecture, light and density of silhouettes make up a very different visit from a classical painting museum.

51 rue de Lecat, 76000 Rouen

Gustave Flaubert's birthplace combines literary memories, medical instruments, portraits and interpretation devices. This intersection between artistic perspective, history of bodies and scientific culture enriches a journey devoted to visual arts beyond just galleries.

4 rue de la Pie, 76000 Rouen

This small half-timbered house recreates the family and intellectual universe of Pierre Corneille through editions, engravings, portraits and objects. Its intimate scale offers a heritage breath of fresh air in the heart of the Old Market and reminds us how literature, scene and image respond to each other.

185 rue Eau-de-Robec, 76000 Rouen

The National Museum of Education exhibits posters, photographs, illustrated books, furniture and classroom images in a remarkable Renaissance house. Its hangings reveal how the school creates and transmits a common visual culture.

7 rue Saint-Romain, 76000 Rouen

Installed in the archiepiscopal palace, the Historial unfolds the trial and posterity of Joan of Arc thanks to an immersive scenography. Images, projections and medieval architecture show how a historical figure becomes a constantly reinterpreted icon.

186 rue Martainville, 76000 Rouen

Within the restored Aître Saint-Maclou, Telmah presents contemporary French and international artists in a powerful heritage setting. Painting, sculpture and installation gain a particular tension in the face of the carved wooden galleries of the old ossuary.

186 rue Martainville, 76000 Rouen

This 500 m² gallery brings together creations in ceramic, glass and metal as well as demonstrations by artisans. It shows the gestures, materials and cooking, offering a concrete link between contemporary art, design and artistic crafts.

Place du Général-de-Gaulle, 76000 Rouen

The dizzying proportions and glass roofs of Saint-Ouen occasionally host works, installations and major cultural events. Even outside the exhibition, the abbey church deserves reading as an architecture of light, rhythm and color.

Rue Sainte-Croix-des-Pelletiers, 76000 Rouen

The old church converted into a Nave offers a rare volume to contemporary installations and projects in Impressionist Normandy. Its height, its raw walls and its religious memory encourage works designed on the scale of the place.

Place de la Basse-Vieille-Tour, 76000 Rouen

The large municipal hall hosts trade fairs, biennials and group exhibitions in a central space close to the Seine. Its event programming allows you to quickly meet many artists and associations from the region.

2 place du Général-de-Gaulle, 76000 Rouen

The exhibition spaces of the Town Hall regularly host photography, painting, heritage and projects carried out by residents or agents. Their central and free access makes them a useful step to check in the Rouen cultural agenda.

15 rue de la Chaîne, 76000 Rouen

The Photographic Center produces demanding exhibitions, supports residencies and develops an important mediation action around the image. Its programming combines recognized authors and new voices, documentary approaches and plastic research.

107 allée François-Mitterrand, 76100 Rouen

Facing the Seine, Hangar 107 transforms a port building into an art center dedicated to contemporary and urban writing. Major exhibitions, frescoes, meetings and workshops benefit from a bright place where the industrial city dialogues directly with the works.

3 place des Martyrs-de-la-Résistance, 76300 Sotteville-lès-Rouen

The Regional Contemporary Art Fund preserves and distributes a collection representative of practices since the 1960s. Exhibitions, loans, editions and actions outside the walls make it possible to approach current creation as a living and mobile heritage.

96 rue des Martyrs-de-la-Résistance, 76150 Maromme

SHED supports artists in the production of new works and builds exhibitions where industrial space plays an active role. Its programming attentive to social, ecological and territorial issues justifies the short trip from Rouen.

2 allée des Arcades, 76120 Le Grand-Quevilly

The Maison des Arts Agnès-Varda develops exhibitions, workshops and meetings in local cultural facilities. It promotes photography and visual arts as well as participatory projects, with real attention paid to families and young audiences.

48 rue Victor-Hugo, 76000 Rouen

The Forum makes architecture an accessible exhibition subject thanks to models, drawings, photographs and debates. His projects shed light on the transformations of Rouen and put heritage, habitat, landscape and contemporary practices into perspective.

186 rue Martainville, 76000 Rouen

The Grandes Galeries of the Higher School of Art and Design provide access to the research of students, graduates and guest artists. We discover forms still in the making, from drawing to video, with the experimental freedom specific to a place of teaching.

114 ter avenue des Martyrs-de-la-Résistance, 76100 Rouen

The Jardin des Plantes pavilion and its surroundings host exhibitions that play with walking, vegetation and natural light. The photographic proposals take on a landscape dimension, far from the rhythm of the rooms in the city center.

33 rue de l’Hôpital, 76000 Rouen

This historic gallery particularly defends painters from the School of Rouen and Norman artists, while presenting modern and contemporary works. It constitutes an essential address for connecting the landscapes of the Seine, impressionism and the local market.

7-9 rue Saint-Denis, 76000 Rouen

Outsiders brings together urban artists, illustrators and graffiti signatures in a space accessible to beginner collectors. Originals, editions and wall projects extend the energy of Rouen street art into a gallery.

77 rue Jeanne-d’Arc, 76000 Rouen

Galerie Panis offers a merchant's look at painting, sculpture and graphic works from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Its display allows you to compare schools, subjects and generations in a traditional gallery setting.

50 rue Beauvoisine, 76000 Rouen

The Galerie de l'Angle alternates exhibitions of painting, drawing and sculpture, with a sustained place given to Norman artists. Its readable programming and its location on rue Beauvoisine naturally complete a visit to the museum district.

31 rue Écuyère, 76000 Rouen

Rollin presents painters and sculptors in a gallery near the Old Market, combining figurative writing and more abstract research. Monographic exhibitions give time to understand a technique and the evolution of a series.

108 rue Molière, 76000 Rouen

The Bertran Gallery is a reference for the School of Rouen and the painters who interpreted Normandy from the 19th century to today. It combines documentary work, market knowledge and exhibitions which place the works in their artistic lineage.

54 rue des Bons-Enfants, 76000 Rouen

The artist Ecloz opens by appointment a workshop-gallery which allows you to see paintings, drawings and wall projects as close as possible to their production. The visit extends the route of the center's frescoes by revealing the preparatory research behind the urban image.

Rue Saint-Sever, 76100 Rouen

The MUR is an open-air exhibition space regularly entrusted to a new urban artist. Each covering produces a temporary work and transforms the street into a living gallery, free and always renewed.

5 rue du Donjon, 76000 Rouen

Opened in 2026 near the Dungeon, Secret combines exhibitions, art objects and editions in a deliberately curious format. The selection favors unique universes and pieces that can be discovered or acquired without the ceremonial of a large gallery.

23 rue Saint-Nicolas, 76000 Rouen

This gallery opened in 2025 brings together paintings and sculptures inspired by the sea, ports and navigation, with several artists recognized by major maritime salons. Its blue and luminous hanging offers a coherent whole for those looking for a work linked to the Normandy coast.