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 in 2011:
- 03nd of March to 30st of October, Monday to Friday (except Tuesday) from 10am to 12pm and 14pm to 18pm and Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 14pm to 18pm.
- From the 1st of November to the 23th of December from Monday to Friday (except Tuesday) from 10:00am to 12:00pm and 14:00pm to 17:30pm - Saturday and holidays from 14:00pm to 17.30pm
Fermeture annuelle du 24 décembre 2011 au 02mars 2012.
 

THE POSTMAN MUSEUM

e Museum of Factor and Post - Place de la Résistance Tel: 03.86.28.49.95

Among the 25 French museums on this subject, that of Cosne, established in 1994, located opposite the Post Office is expanding steadily. Costumes, mailboxes, a former post office in Cosne, old phones, gadgets and philatelic souvenirs bring back to life moments of our local history but also nationally. There are also temporary exhibitions on various subjects.

Opening hours in 2011:
- Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 12pm and from 15am to 17h30pm.
- Saturday from 10am to 12pm
 

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