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The Languedoc-Roussillon region has a lot to offer the visitor, but one of the more unusual offerings has to be the Museum of the Mundane - Musée Internationale des Arts Modestes (or MIAM) in Sete (34 Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon).I rather like the term of “modest art”, The museum features objects which are (or have been) part of daily life, often with little real use, but which are aesthetically pleasing or interesting - often very simple and always lacking any intellectual value! - so examples will include a King Size model of Elvis Presley, plastic elephants and a fantastic jumble of the useless but interesting. (The website is quite fun in a rather obscure, French way). The objects come from all over France and other parts of the world.

On a more practical note is the Museum of Firefighting (Musée de Sapeur-Pompier) at St Hippolyte du Fort (30 Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon) in the foothills of the Cevennes (where there is also a Silk Museum (Musee de la Soie)

“The firefighting Museum enables us to discover all there is to know about firefighting from 1830 to nowadays. A 750 square metre exhibition of vehicles, equipment and exclusive collection of costumes and accessories covering a large period of time;”