The Musee d'Art et d'Histoire occupies a handsome nineteenth-century building near the town centre and combines two collections in one visit: the Vendée Wars on one side, a small but interesting fine-art collection on the other. The history section is the main draw, with weapons, banners, contemporary prints, and a careful, balanced telling of one of the most savage episodes of the Revolution.
The art collection runs from seventeenth-century devotional paintings through to the twentieth century, with a particular focus on artists from the Cholet region. Allow about an hour for the wars and another for the paintings.