19 and 20 September

September 2026

Saturday 19
- 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday 20
- 10:00 - 18:00

Musée Compa, le musée de l'Agriculture

Pont de Mainvilliers, 28000 Chartres

Eure-et-Loir

Centre-Val de Loire

Have fun... and explore the museum differently

Name: Have fun... and explore the museum differently
Start: 2026-09-19T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-20T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée Compa, le musée de l'Agriculture

19 and 20 September

Photo rally: on the occasion of the launch of the Bicentenary of photography, explore the museum and its surroundings through a treasure hunt accessible to all. Will you be able to find the hidden photographic details?
Photo contest: photograph the Compa from all angles and share your view on its architecture, spaces and collections. The most remarkable shots will be rewarded.
Postcard workshop: create your own souvenir postcard using rubbing and stencil techniques inspired by the museum’s collections and architecture. Then write your message: we take care of its shipment!
Giant outdoor games: with family or friends, enjoy giant games installed outdoors to share a friendly and fun time in the heart of the museum.

September 2026

Saturday 19
- 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday 20
- 10:00 - 18:00

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Journées Européennes du Patrimoine

About the location

Musée Compa, le musée de l'Agriculture

Pont de Mainvilliers, 28000 Chartres

Eure-et-Loir

Centre-Val de Loire

After 25 years of opening and after more than a million visitors having already crossed(exceeded) its doors, the Academy of agriculture(farming), 1st museum of agriculture(farming) of France, installed(settled) in a splendid rotunda with metallic architecture dating of 1905, had to reinvent, it is now done! It is a new museum which reopened to the public on May 21st, 2016 and presents 3 000 m ² of entirely re-drawn exhibitions(exposures), new spaces devoted to the young audience, original museographic devices(plans), many and new (ethnographic and artistic) never shown collector's items. Very new COMPA to have fun, to marvel and to understand by interacting. He(It) spreads(displays) around new spaces: • Fields: a big(great) nave of exhibition(exposure) where spreads(displays) the parade of tools and of agricultural machines which redraws big(great) agricultural operations as the seasons go by (plowings, sowings, harvests) and of a big(great) chronology of agriculture(farming) and of motorisation. • The Almanac: in 12 episodes, like a big(great) heterogeneous cabinet(office) of curiosity, the men(people) and objects (more than 250 collector's items, seldom or ever presented) are called to testify and to tell, each in their way, the long and beautiful history(story) of rural world with its traditions and its transfers(transformations). • The Album: within a big(great) immersif show, a movie of days and of farm works takes place while images and representations of the farmer are questioned. • The Atlas: a space to understand and to play with worldwide agriculture(farming) while she(it) is confronted with a formidable challenge today: feed 9 billion men(people) in 2050! Contemplate, touch, manipulate and many other discoveries! A wide place(square) is devoted to the audiovisual media, to multimedia and to manipulation today. Enriched by these devices(plans), visit gives new keys of understanding of collections and fits to all public, the youngest to the enthusiasts.

September 2026

Spaß haben... und das Museum auf andere Weise erkunden

Have fun... and explore the museum differently

Divertirsi... ed esplorare il museo in modo diverso

S'amuser… et explorer le musée autrement

Divertirse... y explorar el museo de otra manera

September 2026