Historical Museum and Puppet Museum, Lyon, France
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- History & Culture travel tip
- City center
by The Historical Museum of Lyon is like telling the story of the city and its people from the Middle Ages. You can see here paintings and sculptures, but also beautiful furniture and even recorded stories.
The International Puppet Museum is very nice as well. They have all kinds of puppets, like marionettes, hand puppets, stick puppets and a great Punch and Judy! They have puppets from countries like Japan, Cambodia, Russia and many others. I loved it!
Address:
Rue du Gadagne 14
Lyon 69005
Price:
Adults: 6 Euros
Opening Hours:
From Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00am to 6:30pm.
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