In Voingt, near the church and in a renovated Auvergne barn, the Combrailles Archaeological House is an exhibition space that preserves and presents the rich archaeological heritage of the territory thanks to an original and spacious scenography.
The permanent exhibition tells the story of «Des voies et des hommes», from the great Roman road Lyon-Saintes, created by Agrippa at the beginning of the 1st century AD, to the highway A 89, through the royal roads wanted by Trudaine in the 18th century.
But since the Neolithic, the first exchanges are attested by an exceptional set of flint daggers of the Grand-Pressigny discovered at the dolmen of Saint-Étienne-des-Champs.
A large place is given to the ancient road village called «Beauclair», former station Fines on the way of Agrippa, today straddling the communes of Giat and Voingt. The display cases contain many objects that evoke the daily life of the inhabitants of this Gallo-Roman agglomeration through architecture, local crafts, trade, religion and funeral practices.
Finally, the Middle Ages is an invitation to visit the motte castrale de Giat and the collegiate church of Notre-Dame d'Herment.
This course of 5000 years of history is completed by several fun terminals related to the exhibition that allow to verify the knowledge acquired during the visit.