Scriptorial d'Avranches
A museum holding medieval manuscripts from the Mont Saint-Michel abbey, showing the skills of monastic scribes in copying, binding and illumination.
After the French Revolution, about 200 manuscripts from the Mont Saint-Michel abbey were moved to Avranches for safekeeping, many of them precious codices dating from the 8th to the 15th century. The museum introduces the abbey's history and copying techniques through multimedia displays, and some originals are rotated in and out of exhibition. The adjoining botanical garden offers views over the bay and Mont Saint-Michel, and the town also has a monument to General Patton. Check the official website for admission. It lies about 22 km from Mont Saint-Michel.
Opening hours
Check official website (some winter times closed)
Nearby sights
- Mont-Saint-Michel Bay Crossing
- Abbaye de la Lucerne
- Mont-Saint-Michel & Abbey
- Couesnon Dam & Footbridge
- Villedieu-les-Poêles
- Granville Upper Town
- Christian Dior Museum
- Château de Fougères