Écomusée de la Cartoucherie

Over het museum

The Cartoucherie Française was founded in 1903 in Survilliers by chemical engineer Charles Gabel and his partner Georges Leroy. It produced hunting and sport cartridges as well as military ammunition. The First World War accelerated its growth: between the wars, management built more than 200 low-rent homes and offered its staff social benefits, gardens and cultural and sports clubs. The commune grew from around 500 inhabitants before 1914 to nearly 1,200 in the 1930s. Production began to decline in the 1960s; in 1989 the factory turned to airbags, and two years later it gave up military production.

The museum-conservatory opened in 2007 in the company’s former gymnasium, on the initiative of the association of Friends of the Cartoucherie Museum and the mayor of the time, in order to save machines, production objects and other collections threatened with destruction. Since January 1, 2024, it has been run by the Roissy Pays de France urban community and bears the name eco-museum, which highlights attention to ways of living and working and to the know-how of residents.

The Heritage department of the urban community has been collecting photographs, objects and testimonies since 2018. Work is under way to redefine the museum route, which is expected to take a few years.

Hoogtepunten

• Old machines, tools, documents, cartridges and other products of the factory
• Outdoor route through the workers’ housing estate and around the factory
• Sound testimonies from former workers and employees on the museum’s page
• Free guided visit at 15:00 on opening days

Vaste collectie

• Parcours de l'écomusée – The history of the Cartoucherie Française and its workers, told through old machines, tools, documents, cartridges and other products.
• Parcours extérieur : la cité ouvrière – A walk around the factory and through the workers’ housing estate to discover the company’s social legacy and the daily life of its staff.

Opgericht

2007

Beheerder

Communauté d'agglomération Roissy Pays de France

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Free admission; the 15:00 guided visit is free while places last.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

According to the museum, the spaces are accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Kinderen & gezin

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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car: A1 motorway from Paris or Lille, exit Survilliers/Fosses (toll section), then Grande Rue.

Service & horeca

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Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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