In an old farm...
This municipal museum was opened in 2003 in an old traditional farm of Berry, and it retraces the evolution of the agricultural world over a hundred years.
On more than 1000 m², you will go through exhibition spaces which present, each, a typical agricultural activity of the territory.
It is necessary to believe that there is a great need for knowledge of our living heritage, since more than 3000 visitors come to this "House of Traditions" of Chassignolles each year.
Three main themes
What the "Maison des Traditions" presents is based on three main themes.
Firstly, the trades of the past, which take you into the workshops of craftsmen: cooperage, forge, clog making...
Then, the agricultural equipment, from hand tools to imposing machines, including a very unusual small mobile sawmill that can only be seen there!
Finally, the life of a farmer, who will invite you as a neighbor in a Berrichonne house from the 50s.
Animations, events
This "House of Traditions" is also a varied cultural program, from the rediscovery of traditional dances to thematic exhibitions such as, for example, "George Sand and the farmers".
Thematic walking tours
If you feel like walking, you will be, I am sure, very happy to discover the walking tours around Chassignolles.
Like, for example, "Promenade avec Célestine" which starts with the discovery of a box in which there are seven letters, all but one of which are marriage proposals addressed to the innkeeper's daughter... which leads you to discover the village, and the story of Célestine.
No, I won't say more ! Simply, I advise you to discover the tours on the tourism website "Au pays de George Sand", whose Internet address I give you below! You will also be able to consult the descriptive cards of the other proposed circuits, like, for example, "the countryside over the centuries", or "bocage and traditions"...
The House of Traditions
16, rue des traditions
36400 Chassignolles
Tel : 02 54 48 00 57
maison-traditions@wanadoo.fr
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