--- title: "Musée d’Art Sacré, Dijon: Free Museum of Religious Art" description: "Church treasures of Côte-d'Or from the 12th to 19th century, in the domed church of Sainte-Anne. Free, closed Tuesdays, with a driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-art-sacre-dijon lang: en updated: 2026-09-30 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/musee-art-sacre-dijon.png --- # Dijon Museum of Sacred Art (Musée d’Art sacré de Dijon) > Dijon Museum of Sacred Art: Treasures from the churches of Côte-d'Or, shown in the domed church of the Bernardine nuns. Dijon Museum of Sacred Art is in Dijon (Côte-d'Or), 43 min by road (47 km) from Beaune. Allow 30 minutes · UNESCO World Heritage · Private driver from Beaune: €120 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Musée d'Art sacré fills the round, domed church of Sainte-Anne, built for the Bernardine nuns between 1699 and 1708. It protects religious art from across Côte-d'Or, from statues and paintings to vestments and silver, dating from the 12th to the 19th century. Entry is free. ## Key facts - Type: Museums - Location: 35 km north-east of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.3177, 5.0381 - 43 min from Beaune - Allow 30 minutes - UNESCO World Heritage - Where: [Dijon · Côte-d'Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) - Official website: [musees.dijon.fr](https://musees.dijon.fr/) - From Beaune: ≈ 43 min · 47 km - €120 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 43 min by road (47 km), €120 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History Dijon only became a bishopric in 1731, so it has no cathedral treasury. In 1970 Canon Jean Marilier began gathering endangered works from the churches of Côte-d'Or to keep them safe. A 1975 agreement between the city and the state turned the church of Sainte-Anne into a store for sacred art, and the museum opened permanently on 27 June 1980. The church had already received works from closed convents after the Revolution. Today the collection counts about 6,100 objects, many of them deposited by Burgundy communes, and 168 are protected as historic monuments. Since 1993 the museum has been attached to the neighbouring Musée de la Vie bourguignonne. The church itself has been listed as a historic monument since 1945. ## What you will see Step into the circular church beneath its dome. The centrepiece is the high altar, where a porphyry canopy shelters Jean Dubois's Baroque sculpture of the Visitation. Around it are painted statues, processional staffs, embroidered vestments, reliquaries and silverware, many from the churches of Côte-d'Or. The displays also recall daily life in women's religious communities, especially Cistercian and Carmelite nuns. The round plan lets you take in the whole space at a glance. ## Planning your visit Entry is free. The museum is closed on Tuesdays and is not accessible to wheelchair users. The Musée de la Vie bourguignonne is next door at 17 rue Sainte-Anne, so combine the two. About 30 minutes is enough for a first look. Check the official website for opening times. ## Did you know? Because Dijon became a bishopric only in 1731, it has no cathedral treasury. This museum was created partly to fill that gap and to shelter endangered church art from across the department. ## Around Dijon Museum of Sacred Art What to combine with Dijon Museum of Sacred Art on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) (1 km away): Burgundy's historic capital, city of the Valois dukes and northern gateway to the Route des Grands Crus. - [Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/marsannay-la-cote) (6 km away): Gateway to the Côte de Nuits and Burgundy's only village appellation making red, white and rosé. - [Fixin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin) (9 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. ### Châteaux - [Château de Montmusard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montmusard) (2 km away): The surviving wing of a daring neoclassical pleasure house designed by Charles De Wailly. - [Château de Fontaine-lès-Dijon (Maison natale de saint Bernard)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-fontaine-les-dijon), 4 km away: The hilltop birthplace of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, overlooking Dijon. - [Château de Marsannay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-marsannay) (7 km away): A modern wine château at the northern gateway to the Côte de Nuits. ### Things to do - [Museum of Burgundian Life (Musée de la Vie bourguignonne Perrin de Puycousin)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-vie-bourguignonne), 1 km away: Everyday life in old Burgundy, with costumes and a street of Dijon shops, in a convent cloister. - [Palais de justice de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/palais-de-justice-parlement-de-bourgogne-dijon) (1 km away): The 16th-century home of the Parliament of Burgundy, now the court of appeal, with a gilded chamber and a great vaulted hall. - [Saint-Philibert Church, Dijon (Église Saint-Philibert)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-philibert), 1 km away: Dijon's only Romanesque church, once the winegrowers' parish, now closed for a long restoration. ### Restaurants - [Loiseau des Ducs](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/loiseau-des-ducs-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): The Loiseau signature in Dijon, served beneath the vaults of a sixteenth-century mansion - [William Frachot](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/william-frachot-dijon) (1 km away · 2 MICHELIN stars): Dijon's two-star table, reinventing Burgundy's classics inside the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge - [Origine](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/origine-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Lameloise-trained Japanese chef cooking Burgundy's seasons on place Wilson ### Events - **Saturday, 10 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Show les papilles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/show-les-papilles-dijon): Dijon's free festival of taste at the Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Sunday, 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Marathon des Grands Crus](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/marathon-des-grands-crus): A marathon on the closed Route des Grands Crus, from Dijon to the Clos de Vougeot and back. (Sport · Dijon) - **Friday 23 – Sunday 25 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Salon des Vignerons Indépendants de Bourgogne et du Jura](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-vignerons-independants-dijon): Some sixty independent growers from Burgundy and the Jura pour and sell their wines in Dijon. (Wine festival · Dijon) - **Saturday 31 October – Wednesday 11 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Foire internationale et gastronomique de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/foire-gastronomique-dijon): Burgundy's great food fair, held every autumn in Dijon since 1921. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Usually from the last Saturday of November to the first Sunday of January.** · [Les Fééries de Noël de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/feeries-de-noel-dijon): Chalets, vin chaud, an ice rink and a big wheel across the heart of Dijon. (Christmas · Dijon) - **Usually from late November to early December.** · [Les Nuits d’Orient et d’ailleurs](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/nuits-d-orient-et-d-ailleurs-dijon): Dijon's winter festival of music, dance and art from the Orient and beyond. (Culture · Dijon) - **Each year on the weekend after the Saint-Vincent Tournante, usually a Saturday in late January or early February.** · [Saint-Vincent de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/saint-vincent-de-dijon): Dijon honours the patron saint of winegrowers with a parade and a tasting village. (Tradition · Dijon) - **Usually a weekend in early June.** · [Grand Prix de l’Âge d’Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/grand-prix-age-d-or-dijon-prenois): France's oldest historic motor racing meeting, on the hills just outside Dijon. (Sport · Prenois) - **Every Sunday from late June to late September.** · [Le Brunch des Halles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/brunch-des-halles-dijon): Summer Sunday brunches cooked by local chefs under Dijon's iron market hall. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Every two years, in even-numbered years; recent editions were held in early July. The next is expected in 2028.** · [Les Fêtes de la Vigne de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fetes-de-la-vigne-dijon): Dijon's international folk festival, born in 1946 and held every two years. (Culture · Dijon) - **Friday 27 – Sunday 29 August 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Golden Coast Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/golden-coast-festival-dijon): Three days of French and international rap in a park on the edge of Dijon. (Music · Dijon) - **Usually a Sunday in mid September.** · [Vélotour Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/velotour-dijon): A playful bike ride through Dijon that opens places normally closed to cyclists. (Sport · Dijon) - **Usually the third weekend of September, during the European Heritage Days.** · [Fête de la Pressée](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-de-la-pressee-chenove): The dukes' giant wine presses come back to life in Chenôve's old village. (Tradition · Chenôve) - **Usually the last days of September and the first days of October.** · [Tribu Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/tribu-festival-dijon): Dijon's festival of world music, jazz and adventurous sounds, at the turn of October. (Music · Dijon) ## Questions about Dijon Museum of Sacred Art ### How far is Dijon Museum of Sacred Art from Beaune? Dijon Museum of Sacred Art is about 43 min from Beaune by road (47 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €120 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to Dijon Museum of Sacred Art take? For the visit, allow 30 minutes. ### When is Dijon Museum of Sacred Art open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (musees.dijon.fr) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Is Dijon Museum of Sacred Art a UNESCO World Heritage site? Yes. Dijon Museum of Sacred Art is part of a site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. ### Can a private driver take us to Dijon Museum of Sacred Art? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:artsacredijon): €120 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - --- Canonical page: