Le Féru des sciences

Over het museum

Le Féru des sciences is the former museum of iron history. It was conceived by Édouard Salin, Albert France-Lanord and Bertrand Gille as a laboratory-museum, attached to the Research Centre for the History of the Iron and Steel Industry. The project grew out of an international colloquium on iron through the ages, held in October 1955 with the support of the city of Nancy.

The building was constructed in 1962 on the Montaigu estate, which belonged to Édouard Salin, and the museum opened in 1966 in Jarville-la-Malgrange, a town with an iron and steel past. Today it is run by the Métropole du Grand Nancy and presents itself as a centre of scientific culture for families.

The iron gallery traces the techniques for extracting and processing iron, first by hand and then industrially, with artworks, models, scientific illustrations and photographs on the social side of the steel industry. The hands-on space offers four large devices to manipulate and many science challenges from age 6.

Hoogtepunten

• Iron gallery on the iron and steel industry in Lorraine
• Hands-on space with four large devices to operate
• Wall of manipulations for children aged 6 to 10
• Models, artworks and photographs on ironworking
• Museum near the Parc de Montaigu, “Accueil vélo” label

Vaste collectie

• La galerie du fer – Route through the techniques for extracting and processing iron, first by hand and then industrially, and through the social history of the Lorraine steel industry.
• L'espace à bidouilles – Hands-on area with gears, electricity, measurement, mechanisms and construction, for experimenting alone, as a family or with friends.

Opgericht

1966

Beheerder

Métropole du Grand Nancy

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: First Sunday of each month, free for everyone, with proof

Also free, with proof, for job seekers, recipients of the RSA, journalists, teachers and accompanying adults of school groups, members of certain associations (including ICOM), and holders of several cards or passes (Pass Pro Meurthe-et-Moselle Tourisme, Muséo, Muséum pass musées, Nancy City Pass). Payment by cash, bank card (including contactless) or chèques-vacances; for cash, exact change is required.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The museum is not yet accessible to visitors with reduced mobility. A wheelchair and folding seats are available at reception. Only guide dogs for the blind and assistance dogs, including those in training, are admitted.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Doe- en voelstations

The hands-on space has a wall of manipulations at child height for children aged 6 to 10 and science challenges from age 6. Holiday activities and activities for toddlers (€6). Children aged 12 and over may come without an adult.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

From the centre of Nancy, the bus or trolleybus takes 17 minutes. By bike, it is less than 20 minutes from Place Stanislas along the voie verte by the canal; bike racks in front of the museum (Accueil vélo label). By car, from Metz: A31 towards Nancy, exit 20 towards Nancy-Centre, then D93c; from Dijon or Paris: A31, exit 18 towards Nancy-Centre/Laxou, then D93c; follow the “Féru des sciences” signs.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel
• Kluisjes

Bookshop in the entrance hall, open access without admission and at the same hours as the museum: books and science games, Le Féru des sciences products, creations by local makers. Lockers for jackets and bags; lockers and charging points for cyclists in the hall.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur

Exclusive hire of spaces on request: reservationespaces-leferu@grandnancy.eu.

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