Musée de la Chapellerie
Museum devoted to the felt hat industry that made Espéraza famous, with machinery, a film and a shop.
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Om museet
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, hat-making brought prosperity to Espéraza, in the upper Aude valley. Production grew mainly from 1830, and then with the arrival of the railway in 1878. Around 1929, the trade employed nearly 3,000 workers in the local factories, and the town became one of the very first world centres of wool felt hats.
Fashion, which gradually abandoned the hat, then led to a continuous decline: only one small factory remains, in the neighbouring commune of Montazels. To preserve the memory of this expertise, the association “Les Amis du Musée de la Chapellerie” founded the museum in 1992.
The route brings together the machines and equipment of production, from the felt cone to the finished hat, in two spaces designed as workshops. Photographs, books and hat models complement the visit, which relies on multilingual leaflets and a film showing the stages of manufacture.
Højdepunkter
- The machines and equipment of the entire felt-hat production chain, from the felt cone to the finished hat
- A film on the stages of making a hat
- Two workshop-style rooms: fulling and finishing
- Photographs, books and models of headwear
- A shop with hats of various shapes and materials
- Grundlagt
- 1992
- Ejer
- Association « Les Amis du Musée de la Chapellerie »
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 2 € |
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| Børn og unge | gratisgratis til og med 11 år · Free for under-12s accompanied by an adult. |
| Grupper | 3 € pr. personGuided visit by reservation, €3 per person; for schools and leisure centres, €4 to €5 per pupil or child. |
| Guided visit (by reservation) | 3 €Available in English. |
Gratis entré: Free admission during school holidays.
Payment by bank card, check or cash.
Tilgængelighed
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 11 år |
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- Familieomvisninger & workshops
- Legeplads / legehjørne
Playful and educational workshops for schools and leisure centres, plus a play area listed by the tourist office.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Espéraza – Gare SNCF · 1 min. til fods · 96 m
SNCF station at Espéraza nearby; liO lines Axat – Quillan – Limoux – Carcassonne.
I bil
Access for coaches and motorhomes.
Espéraza lies 45 km south of Carcassonne. Bus or TER connection between Carcassonne and Quillan.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
- Museumsbutik
Hat shop.
Arrangementer & udlejning
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Guided visits by reservation only, including for adult groups, tour operators, families, schools, leisure centres and visitors with disabilities; visits are possible in English. Multilingual leaflets make it possible to follow the manufacturing process. |
