Écomusée de Margeride

Over het museum

In 1975, residents of Loubaresse wanted to preserve their heritage and opened a “Maison du paysan” (peasant's house) to the public. From this collective initiative the Écomusée de Margeride was born in 1984; it is now run by Saint-Flour Communauté and holds the Musée de France label.

The ecomuseum presents the life of a mountain region of the Massif Central, its heritage and its know-how. Its collections are ethnographic: furniture and household objects, farm and craft tools, textiles, but also Margeride beads and glass, religious objects, toys and instruments. The Saint-Martin garden holds a botanical collection of more than 300 species.

Four sites make up the museum. The Saint-Martin garden lies at the foot of the medieval tower of Ruynes. The school of Clémence Fontille, at Signalauze, brings to life a schoolchild's day in the 1930s and is listed as a historic monument. The farm of Pierre Allègre, at Loubaresse, shows the life of Margeride peasants more than 150 years ago. At the foot of the Garabit viaduct, an exhibition tells the story of the construction of this structure by Gustave Eiffel.

Hoogtepunten

• Four sites: garden, school, farm and Garabit viaduct
• Clémence Fontille's school: a schoolchild's day in the 1930s, with dictation by pen
• Pierre Allègre's farm in Loubaresse, interiors from the past
• Saint-Martin garden: over 300 species at the foot of the Ruynes tower
• Exhibition on the construction of the Garabit viaduct, free access

Vaste collectie

• École de Clémence Fontille – A Third Republic classroom where a schoolchild's day of the 1930s is relived: lessons, dictation with a pen, old maps, a surveyor's chain and a Roberval balance.
• Ferme de Pierre Allègre – A traditional farm in Loubaresse where objects tell the story of Margeride peasant life, through the rhythm of the seasons, festivities and evening gatherings (veillées).
• Le Fabuleux destin du Viaduc de Garabit – Permanent exhibition at the foot of the viaduct on its construction 140 years ago, in which Léon Boyer and Gustave Eiffel took part. Free entry.

Opgericht

1984

Beheerder

Saint-Flour Communauté

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 19.233

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

€5 per adult for the individual visit and for the summer visit of the Garabit viaduct. Free entry for members of ICOM and ICOMOS, tour guides, journalists, job seekers and recipients of social minimum benefits.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

Downloadable activity booklets for Pierre Allègre's farm and for the Garabit viaduct. At the school, visitors can try dictation with a pen. “Le chemin des écoliers”, a 5 km walk around the Ligonès castle.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The Saint-Martin garden is at the foot of the medieval tower of Ruynes; the school is at Signalauze and the farm at Loubaresse.

Service & horeca

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Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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