Saint-Lô boasts a strong cultural identity: library, arts museum, Norman Bocage Museum, arts and music schools, theatre, multiscreen cinema. The town supports music festivals such as “ Rendez-vous Soniques”, a song festival…Spearhead for rock in la Manche, Saint-Lô is also home to the arts workshop “Ateliers Arts Plume”.
Favourite sites in Saint-Lô !
The Norman Bocage Country Museum
Boisjugan is a large 17th Century farm which houses the Norman Bocage Country Museum: a collection of more than 1 000 traditional objects across 800 m² of exhibition space. The museum deals with the characteristics of bocage country, the development of agricultural practises, and the breeding of cattle and horses. Typical farm elements have been reconstructed: the stables, the barn, the workshop, the dairy...
Les Rendez-vous Soniques
Chaque année, aux alentours du 11 novembre, de nombreux artistes de chanson française ou anglophone se produisent sur la scène du Normandy. Ce festival accueille têtes d'affiches et découvertes, avecune approche artistique décalée pour "changer de regard sur la chanson"...
Museum of Fine Arts
In the Museum of Fine Arts, located in the cultural centre, rich collections are enhanced by contemporary architecture. You can admire paintings and drawings by famous painters such as Corot, Millet, Boudin ... You will also have an opportunity to discover an evocation of Saint-Lô before the war and the reconstruction of the town.
The State Stud Farm
The buildings as they stand today were constructed in 1884, under the reign of Napoleon 1st. Of the former stud farm only remain a street “rue du vieux haras” and the “Normandy” building which used to be an indoor school. The stud farm nowadays keeps about 40 stallions and specialises in the Norman Cob and Selle français. The stud farm is open to visitors: you will discover different breeds of horses, “the equine industry”, exhibitions...