Family discovery of stone in construction at the Bugey-Valromey Museum

Name: Family discovery of stone in construction at the Bugey-Valromey Museum
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée du Bugey-Valromey

Writing, sculpting, building... man has always shaped stone. On the occasion of the 40th European Heritage Days, the museum invites you to discover its many facets.

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free entry

©CD01, E. de Lorenzi

Writing, sculpting, building... man has always shaped stone. On the occasion of the 40th European Heritage Days, the museum invites you to discover its many facets.
Demonstration of the work of stone with 1 local artist
The “7 Stone Game”: treasure hunt for the whole family. Discover the stones of the famous Renaissance house of the museum and conduct the investigation that will lead you to the lost treasure. It’s up to you!
Free visit of the museum

About the location

Musée du Bugey-Valromey

3 rue centrale 01260 Lochieu

Ain
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

At the foot of the Big(Great) Dovecote, in Lochieu, small bugiste typical village, the departmental museum of Bugey-Valromey nests. The heart of the museum is a house Renaissance containing numerous witnesses(batons) of the history(story) of the place: two-light frame, monumental fireplace, staircase in screw, pigeon house, cupboards and pavings, vault of the XVIth century. Theatre of reconstructions and case of collections, she receives also the most important public collection of sour(turned) wooden contemporary works of France. 30 international artists are represented. Visible of garden of the museum, exceptional panorama on the Bugey allows to include the attraction of numerous artists for this territory. In discounts(deliveries), old(former) jobs(businesses) by the wood (woodcutter, docker, coalman, cartwright, cooper...) previous means of transport are presented as well as: tanks, sleds, horse-drawn carriages, snowplow(snowplows).