Musée du sabot

About the museum

The Musée du sabot is one of the Terres Vivantes en Normandie sites in La Haye-de-Routot, on the edge of the Brotonne forest. It is housed in a traditional thatched cottage of the Roumois. The neighboring Chaumière aux orties, a 17th-century thatched house, serves as the reception point for the museum and for the wild herb garden.

The museum brings together more than 300 pairs of clogs from France and around the world, tools, machines and a video on the craft of the clogmaker. It presents clogs for every purpose, from the simple wooden clog to the boots of watercress growers.

The village offers other Terres Vivantes visits: the bread oven (le four à pain), a former village bakery that became a living museum in 1979; the 1,000 m² wild herb garden with about 150 local plant species; and two protected yew trees, estimated at 1,500 years old, in front of the church.

Highlights

• More than 300 pairs of clogs from France and abroad
• Tools and machines of the clogmaker
• Video on how clogs are made
• 17th-century Chaumière aux orties
• Wild herb garden and millennia-old yews nearby

Permanent exhibition

• Musée du sabot – More than 300 pairs of clogs, tools, machines and a video present the craft of the clogmaker.

Operated by

Terres Vivantes en Normandie

Admission & discounts

Fee of €3 per site visited (clog museum, Chaumière aux orties and wild herb garden).

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

From Paris or Rouen: A13 motorway, exit 25 (Bourg-Achard), then toward Routot. From Caen: A13, exit 26 (Brionne), then back toward Bourneville and on toward Routot.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

“Boutique des Orties” shop in the cottage and a small shop at the museum with clogs and products made from nettle or wild plants.

Events & venue rental

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