Located on the banks of the Berry canal, the museum retraces the astonishing story of the lock keepers, carpenters and boat carpenters who marked local life for more than a century. It pays tribute to the courage, work and genius of men.
PROGRAMMING 2024
From May to September :
Electric boat trips on the Berry Canal are back in service for this new 2024 season!
Two routes are offered :
- First pier at the Berry Canal Museum in Audes: open in May, June and September from Wednesday to Sunday, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. In July and August from Wednesday to Monday, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- Second pier is located at Allée des Soupirs in Vallon-en-Sully.
In total at the two departure points, 9 boats are available. For a ride in an electric boat, a reduced rate is offered on entry to the Berry Canal Museum!
In July and August:
Every Wednesday from August 3 to 28 at 3 p.m. // Guided tours “the fabulous history of the Berry Canal from its construction to its decommissioning”.
Departure at 3 p.m. from the museum reception.
Tuesday 23, Thursday 25 and Saturday 27 July // Remp’Arts Festival 2024
The tenth edition of the Remp’Arts Festival will take up summer quarters in the region’s castles for 5 theatrical and musical performances. Programming, locations and times to come.
In September :
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. // European Heritage Days
Like every year, the Berry Canal museum will open its doors free of charge during the European Heritage Days weekend. Guided tours and conferences will be on the program :
- The string railway, by Alain Gourbet – Saturday 09/21 at 3 p.m.
- A sailor named Gabin, by Quentin Lagriffoul (continuing the Canals & cinéma exhibition) – Sunday 09/22 at 5 p.m.
- Guided tour of the Berry Canal Museum – Sunday 09/22 at 3 p.m.
Unique in France, this “Souvenirs” car museum invites you to discover around fifty vehicles dating from the 1910s to the 1980s. Through a personalized presentation, each vehicle is placed in its context (political, cultural, social and sporting) and then offers a walk through the history of the automobile.
It’s a real immersion in a classroom installed in the old school dating from 1880 which opens to visitors! Here is the opportunity to rediscover the smell of purple ink, the blackboard on an easel, the round stove surrounded by a fence…A sensory visit which also invites you to discover the village of Châtelus through a circuit.
THE HUMP OF MINERAUX AT ECHASSIERES!
At Wolframines, discover the mineral universe through a fun, concrete and educational approach and get to know a sector with a unique basement!
The Echassières basement constitutes a veritable mineral “safe”. Nearly 80 different mineralizations have been identified there, making this site one of the very first French deposits. If kaolin and cassiterite (tin ore), still exploited, wolfram (tungsten ore) whose exploitation ceased in 1962, are the best known, others also make the fame of Echassières in the world of Sciences of Earth.
At the museum, audiovisual show, exhibition rooms, discovery workshops for young and old, excavations, puzzle game, allow active discovery of the mineral kingdom.
PROGRAMMING 2023
- Sunday May 28 // Georando – Les Mines de la Bosse // 2-5.30 p.m.
- From Wednesday 24 to Saturday 27 May // Nature Festival
- From Friday May 26 to Sunday May 28 // National Geology Days
- From July 5 to August 30 // The mysteries of the sand (initiation to panning) // Every Wednesday
Meet at 10 a.m. at Wolframines – Paying
Attention !! July 19 and August 2, 16 and 29: Introduction to panning in the morning and paleontological excavations in Menat in the afternoon (in partnership with the Paléovergne association) – Paying - Thursday July 13 – Fridays July 21, 28 and August 18, 25 // Search for minerals in quarry // 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Number of places limited (from 12 years old) – Paying – Compulsory registration on 04 70 90 44 99 - Tuesdays July 18 and August 22 // Georandos by electric bike – Les Mines de la Bosse
Limited places – Reservations on 04 70 32 72 26 - Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September // European Heritage Days
As part of an ancient timbered house of the eighteenth century, likely ” bank sailors ” have greeted the Compagnons du Devoir, the first museum dedicated to building France presents permanent exhibitions related to the past and the evolution of each actor construction: techniques, tools, models, drawings, designs, know-how, window and instead of promoting various building trades.
The headframe and the mining building known as the “central shaft”, both built by Eugène Freyssinet, together with the site that surrounds them constitute the Mining Museum. Railway circuits in operation allow visitors to have an original first approach to the site. The museum also has a fabulous collection of mining equipment, both pneumatic and railway; a reconstituted mine of a modest but useful nature then makes it possible to complete the outdoor route. Finally, the exhibition of small tools and didactic material in the hot room completes the visit. Route punctuated by explanatory panels on the history of the Noyant mine, coal and the men who practiced it.
In addition to the guided tour: visit of the reconstructed galleries.
Resulting from excavations carried out in 1930 by Léon Chabrol on numerous glassmaking sites in Montagne-Bourbonnaise, the Musée du Verrier allows you to discover the history of forest glassmaking from the 17th and 18th centuries. Copy of an 18th century oven, films on the manufacture of stemmed glasses and numerous glass objects allow you to immerse yourself in the magic of glass.
This museum offers an exceptional chronology of irons from all countries, or almost, and from all eras. It presents the methods used from 206 BC to the present day to straighten linen. From the Chinese saucepan to the electric prototype of 1882, the iron has followed the evolution of energies: hot sand, gas, alcohol, oil…