Musée du loup

Over het museum

The Musée du Loup grew out of the collection of the naturalist Édouard Lebeurier, whose archives and herbarium were given in 1986 to the curator of the Landes du Cragou nature reserve. In 1991, the commune of Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec, the SEPNB-Bretagne Vivante and the Parc naturel régional d’Armorique turned them into a summer exhibition, “Le loup et le paysage” (The Wolf and the Landscape). It was continued the following year as the “Maison du paysage et du loup” (House of the Landscape and the Wolf), housed in the village’s former boys’ school and run by the association “Sur les pas de Lebeurier”.

In 2000, after building work, the museum doubled its area and has offered 400 m² of exhibition space since then; it was officially inaugurated in 2001. At the end of 2013 it closed for six months for a complete overhaul of the scenography and route, and reopened at the end of April 2014 in its present form. In 2016, the Parc naturel régional d’Armorique awarded it the “Accueil du Parc” mark.

The route, spread over around ten rooms, covers the biology and behaviour of the wolf, its disappearance from Brittany, wolf hunting (louveterie) and traps, the place of the wolf in European biodiversity, and its image in tales, legends and children’s literature. It includes stuffed wolves, a reconstructed wolf den and several interactive devices.

Hoogtepunten

• Ten rooms covering 400 m² devoted to the wolf
• Stuffed wolves and a reconstructed wolf den
• Interactive devices to step into the wolf’s shoes
• Tales, legends and images of the wolf through the ages
• Downloadable games booklet for children

Opgericht

1992

Beheerder

Association « Sur les pas de Lebeurier »

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Self-guided visit rates: €5 for adults. The guided tour rates apply to tours organized by the museum.

Toegankelijkheid

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations

“Livret du loup” games booklet to download before the visit, workshops for children during the holidays (for example making a wolf soft toy from age 8) and interactive devices along the route, such as helping sheep escape the wolf or seeing yourself on screen beside a virtual wolf. Free admission for children under 7.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is in Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec, not in Saint-Thégonnec. GPS coordinates given by the museum: 48°28’50.69″ N, 3°47’42.34″ W.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Shop, open during the museum’s opening hours, with wolf-themed items and creations by local artists.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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