The best museums Puy-De-Dôme

It was the glaciers of the quaternary era that covered the lava flows of the Cézallier. They created creux where they came to shelter lakes and bogs. In these wetlands, sphagnum, hypnes, sedge, drosera… It is through the partial decomposition of this flora, the fossil coal. The Tourbières and Cézallier House invites us to discover this particular environment in a museum space and an outdoor site with a pontoons. Tours, thematic tours are organized.

This small museum, created in 1994 on the initiative of Jean Bac, a former member of the Resistance, has become an interesting educational tool and much more than a simple place of conservation. Every year, this museum contributes to the knowledge of one of the darkest historical episodes of the contemporary era. Through lectures, excursions, guided tours and activities for schoolchildren, it ensures that history is well understood. From the rise of Nazism to the Nuremberg trials, the exhibitions are comprehensive.

Mannequins models are set in the different parts, all dedicated to traditional crafts. You will discover: the summer of the peasant, the manufacture of butter and nectaire, the workshop of the sculptor, the carpenter, the dentellière, the bourrelier, the sabotier and the promising blacksmith. The tools and utensils set out form an interesting set of interests, providing information about how to live in the th century.

The École Supérieure d'Art de Clermont Métropole delivers two state diplomas, art option: the DNA and the DNSEP. Courses are available for young people who wish to take the entrance exams for art and design schools. The library specializing in contemporary art is open to the general public, who can also attend courses and workshops. ESACM organizes conferences, study days and exhibitions, including those of its graduates, as well as various events. It has a FabLab dedicated to digital art, the first of its kind in France.