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Treasury of Lyon Cathedral

Opening period

From 01/11 to 31/12/2025 on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 10 am and 12.30 pm and between 1.30 pm and 5.30 pm. On Wednesday between 11 am and 12.30 pm and between 1.30 pm and 5.30 pm. On Sunday between 2 pm and 6 pm. Closed on Monday.

Closed exceptionally on December 25th.

From 01/01 to 14/05/2026 on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 10 am and 12.30 pm and between 1.30 pm and 5.30 pm. On Wednesday between 11 am and 12.30 pm and between 1.30 pm and 5.30 pm. On Sunday between 2 pm and 6 pm. Closed on Monday.

Closed exceptionally on January 1st and May 1st.

From 15/05 to 15/09/2026 on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm and between 1.30 pm and 6 pm. On Wednesday between 11 am and 12.30 pm and between 1.30 pm and 6 pm. On Sunday between 2 pm and 6 pm. Closed on Monday.

From 16/09 to 31/12/2026 on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 10 am and 12.30 pm and between 1.30 pm and 5.30 pm. On Wednesday between 11 am and 12.30 pm and between 1.30 pm and 5.30 pm. On Sunday between 2 pm and 6 pm. Closed on Monday.

Closed exceptionally on December 25th.

Language(s) spoken: French

Pets allowed: Non

From: 5 ans

Age max: 100 ans

Rates

Gratuit

Not accessible in a wheelchair

The Museum of the Cathedral of St Jean Treasure houses a set of works of exceptional quality displayed in the former choir school. Including Byzantine ivory, medieval enamels, tapestries, silver and gold work and liturgical clothing, covering th Byzantine era to the 18th century.

The medieval Treasury of Lyon cathedral was destroyed in 1562 by the Calvinist Baron des Adrets, who plundered it under Louis XIV and then pillaged it during the Revolution. In the wake of the Concordat, in the context of a new religious impetus, Cardinal Joseph Fesch, appointed to the diocese by his nephew Napoleon Bonaparte, donated part of his prestigious art collection: Byzantine capitals, tapestries from Flanders and Aubusson, and embroidered chasubles.

After him, Cardinal de Bonald continued to rebuild the lost treasury: Byzantine ivories, Limousin enamels, Italian Renaissance silverware and a gold-thread-embroidered cope. The prelate also commissioned goldsmiths in his city to make religious goldsmiths' pieces for use in worship in Lyon. The objects in the Treasury are all protected as historic monuments.

The "Manécanterie", which houses the Treasury, takes its name from the singing school for young clerics that occupied it from the 14th to the 19th century.