Chartres International Stained Glass Centre

Disappointing

We were quite disappointed with the Centre International du Vitrail (CIV). The museum is housed in an interesting-looking old building with an unexpectedly spectacular vaulted cellar, but no informati...

We went twice

Note that, while steps from the cathedral, this museum is only open in the afternoon. However, it is so worthwhile that we were glad we went twice. On the two occasions we were there, it was never cro...

Nice and educative

If you like stained windows, you must comme and visit the museum.A large part is dedicated to the cathedrale's windows, but not only.You ll see how they are made, you 'll also enjoy a nice permannet ...

The stained glass Museum & Exhibition

This some of the best stained glass your are like to view in one place. In normal times they run workshops on how to make the frames

Enlightening !

This is a convenient stop to do after the Cathedral, because it lets you see close-ups of all the stained glass windows in the Cathedral, plus several others. However, the real gem of the museum was t...