Museums

THE AUGUSTIN CONVENT.

The Museum de la Loire - Tél: 03.86.26.71.02 Installed in the former Augustinian convent, included in the supplementary inventory of historical monuments, the Museum presents an ethnological capital dedicated to the Loire and its history: commercial fishing, inland water transport are mentionned through everyday objects, ceramics from Nevers, nets, fishing gears and boat models. In a completely different register, visitors are invited to discover the collection inherited from Fine Arts - Emile Loiseau in 1970, very representative of the School of “Beaux Arts” in Paris (1910-1925). It is exceptional by the presence of the great creators of modern painting: Dufy, Vlaminck, Derain, Manguin, Utrillo, Chagall, Zingg, Epstein, Krémègne.

Various activities are offered throughout the year:
Temporary exhibitions, conferences, guided tours, workshops around different activities such as treasure hunts and puzzles for children and demonstrations: (Museum Night Festival, the Loire feast and the National Heritage Days).

NEW: The Museum of the Loire has its first game that enables, by a discovery booklet on theLoire,to have fun: for children from 7 years accompanied by their parents. It is the parrot Ver-Vert that will guide the family throughout the course. The circuit passes through four rooms of the museum concerning the subject of navigation, boat, fishing, beliefs and professions of the Loire; and this with riddles to solve, games of mistakes and having to fill blank pictures and answering observation questions.

A good idea to go out with the family to discover the Loire by having fun.

Opening hours :
- from March to the end of December : Monday to Friday (except Tuesday) from 10am to 12pm and 14pm to 18pm. On Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 14pm to 18pm.

 

Museum farming Machine - St LOUP

La Maison de la Machine agricole et de la ruralité (Museum of Agricultural Machinery). - Saint-Loup-des-Bois
Located on the borders of the plains of the Puisaye region in the Val de Loire, Saint-Loup is located in a rural environment in which is perfectly integrated the Museum of Agricultural Machinery. Opened in 1993, the museum, passion fruit of a group of” aficionados” of old mechanics, allows to discover, throughout the exhibition of over 100 agricultural machinery dating from the late XIXth to 1960’s, different techniques, often sophisticated, of a rural world sometimes forgotten.  

le Musée paysan de Bourgogne - Nivernaise
La Celle sur Loire: Museum of the ancient rural life

Opens daily from 14h00pm to 20h00pm July 1st to September 16th

Domaine de Cadoux Tél: 03.86.39.22.84