Walk in the glass city: «Sous la Bouche des Fours de Bayel»

Name: Walk in the glass city: «Sous la Bouche des Fours de Bayel»
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Musée du Cristal - Atelier du Verre

Accompanied by former glassmakers from the crystal factory, this unusual visit takes you to a little-known facet of the glass city.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

5€ adult. Reservation required.

Registration

bayel-cristal@tourisme-cotedesbar.com 03 25 92 42 68

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Accompanied by former glassmakers from the crystal factory, this unusual visit takes you to a little-known facet of the glass city.

The route will follow the railway tracks in the crystal yard and will continue under the kilns. Hundreds of moulds of all sizes and different eras mark this route. Various elements will complete this visit.
For persons accompanied by their children, grandchildren (from 4 years), the Crystal Museum and the Bayel Heritage and Culture Association offer a glass painting activity where they can customize a glass Christmas ball while adults discover this unusual place!

About the location

Musée du Cristal - Atelier du Verre

2 rue Belle Verrière, 10310 Bayel

Aube
Grand Est

The museum tells the story of the Glass and of the Crystal of antiquity in our days. It presents modern and old(former) rooms(parts,plays) fabricated in Bayel, models and "masterpieces" in a real "treasure" of the big(great) period of Decorative arts (1925-1940). You will be able also to view a video on different stages of manufacturing and different techniques of blowing used today.