Guided tour of the Provençal Clothing Museum

Name: Visite guidée du Musée du Vêtement Provençal
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée du Vêtement Provençal

Guided tours

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

Mairie Solliès-Ville

Guided tours This museum is located in an old oil mill built in 1772. It ceased all activity after the terrible frost of 1956, which destroyed a large part of the olive trees of the region. More than 200 garments from women, men, children and accessories of daily life make up the permanent exhibition.The collection covers the period from 1800 to 1915, fatal period to the Provençal clothing replaced by Parisian fashion. The interior architecture of the "blood mill", (a mill whose wheels could be turned by both humans and animals), its six press vaults, its typical Provençal cuisine with its vegetable garden (stove), as well as beautiful pieces of Indian, the wedding dress that in Provence before 1850 was not white but green-olive, will tell you the beautiful traditions of our region. Contact: 04 94 33 72 02 Website: www.solliesville.fr

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Musée du Vêtement Provençal

rue Marseillaise - 83210 Solliès-ville

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

This museum is located in an old(former) mill with oil built in 1772\. He(It) stopped any activity after the terrible frost(gel) of 1956, which ruins so a lot of the olive trees of the region. More than 200 clothes of women, of men(people), of children and accessories of the everyday life make up(compose) the permanent exhibition. The collection covers the period from 1800 till 1915, the fatal period in the Provençal garment replaced by Parisian fashion. The interior design of the «mill with blood», (mill millstones of which could be turned(shot) as much by the men(people) as by animals), its six vaults of press, its typically Provençal cooking(kitchen) with its kitchen garden (cook(cooker)), as well as very beautiful rooms(parts,plays) of Indians, the wedding dress which in Provence before 1850 was not white but with green-olive colour, will know how to narrate you the beautiful traditions of our region.