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17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Attention, registration required! For reasons of welcome and security, the number of visitors per visit is limited to 19 people in the museum area. Choose your time slot on 06 81 38 34 16\. Duration of the guided tour: 45 mn.
Registration
 06 81 38 34 16
September 2022
Saturday 17
10:00 - 12:00
14:00 - 17:00
Sunday 18
10:00 - 12:00
14:00 - 17:00
7 to 99 years old

Cité des Brossiers 56 (ancien n°2) rue de Nervaise 60170 Ollencourt/Tracy-le-Mont

Rue de Nervaise 60170 Ollencourt/Tracy-le-Mont
  • Oise
  • Hauts-de-France

Visit of a former factory of luxury brushes

Take a trip to the country of the brushes of the Belle Époque! Guided tour of the former factory of luxury brushes, the museum and the bone dryer (Bern mission, heritage foundation).
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Attention, registration required! For reasons of welcome and security, the number of visitors per visit is limited to 19 people in the museum area. Choose your time slot on 06 81 38 34 16\. Duration of the guided tour: 45 mn.
Registration
 06 81 38 34 16
© ambo


In Belle-Époque, the village of Tracy-le-Mont is the capital of fine brushes. Its luxury brushes are exported worldwide. Daughter and grandson of brusheers offer you a trip to the country of brushes with a commented visit to the former Commelin-Brenier brush factory. They will make you discover the many facets of the profession of brush art, specific to our department.
For 40 years, the Association pour le Musée des Brosseries de l'Oise (AMBO) has been preserving and enhancing the heritage and memory of brushers (10,000 objects).
Guided tours (45 mn) only on reservation (19 visitors/visit).
Topics discussed: know-how, women’s work at home, paternalism (crèche, mutual, bursary, housing...), ties with Japan, the workers' cooperative, solidarity with the blind.
Presentation of the site with the model (old power station).
Presentation of collections in the museum workshop (bone toothbrushes, ivory whisker brushes, olive, ebony, lemon, silver head brushes...).
Exhibition: photographs, manufacturing techniques...
Presentation of the bone and wood dryer. The history of a heritage in danger restored (selection mission Stéphane Bern, label foundation of the heritage).
On site, two artists open their workshops: Marlaine, the ceramicist and Albane, the feutrière.

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About the location

Cité des Brossiers 56 (ancien n°2) rue de Nervaise 60170 Ollencourt/Tracy-le-Mont
Rue de Nervaise 60170 Ollencourt/Tracy-le-Mont
  • Oise
  • Hauts-de-France
In the Belle-Époque, the luxury brushes of Tracy-le-Mont, are exported all over the world. The village is then the cradle of fine brush making. Since 1982, the Association pour le Musée des Brosseries de l'Oise (AMBO) has been preserving and promoting the heritage and memory of the Brossiers de l'Oise (10,000 objects). The volunteers will introduce you to the many facets of fine brush making. Exceptional conditions of visits related to the coronavirus (compulsory mask + hydroalcoholic gel): Guided visits (20 to 30 minutes) on reservation (attention, group of 9 visitors) in the exhibition space of the AMBO on the site of the former brushes Commelin-Brenier (1873/1955). Topics discussed: know-how; women’s home work, paternalism, presentation of collections (bone toothbrushes, ivory whisker brushes or olive or ebony head brushes, tools and machines, etc.)
Tags
Musée, salle d'exposition, Édifice industriel, scientifique et technique, Site patrimonial remarquable
Access
Small parking on the site and parking nearby on the craft area (near the Proxy)