Musée des montreurs d'ours (MuMO)

Over het museum

The exhibition was created in 1995 to make known the trade of bear handler, which emerged in the 19th century in the Pyrenean valleys. In the Garbet valley, residents trained bear cubs and set off on the roads with them; around 1880, the valley is said to have counted some 500 trainers and bear handlers.

First housed in the municipal hall (foyer municipal), then in the calvary chapel and the former village school of the hamlet of La Rivière, it has occupied the former post office on the first floor of the Ercé town hall since 2016.

The route brings together a few dozen objects, explanatory panels, photographs, a stuffed bear, muzzles and equipment of the bear handlers, as well as a large puzzle for children. A gift shop and a bookshop area complement the visit, which lasts about 30 to 45 minutes. A bear handlers' trail, opened in 2008, starts from the Lieu-dit l'Escalusse.

Hoogtepunten

• History of the bear handlers of the Garbet valley, roughly 1850 to 1900
• Photographs, documents, a travelling performer's notebook and a large map of journeys
• Stuffed bear, muzzles and bear handlers' equipment
• Giant puzzle for children
• Bear handlers' trail starting at the Lieu-dit l'Escalusse

Vaste collectie

• Exposition permanente sur les montreurs d'ours – Objects, photographs, documents and accounts tracing the journeys of the Ariège bear handlers across four continents.

Opgericht

1995

Beheerder

Commune d'Ercé

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

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Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

A large puzzle is provided for children.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The association Ça tourne en Bon rents bicycles to reach the museums of the valley.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Souvenir shop and bookshop area on the theme of bear handlers.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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