The best museums Central

Like most of the houses on Grande-Rue in the upper town, the house of the Friends of the White dates from the 15th century. It is a small museum of art and popular traditions that evokes daily life in the 19th and early 20th centuries. There is the reconstruction of a Berry interior, the craftsmanship of the clog and shoemakers, the washers, the apothecary, the school of Jules Ferry, the bicycles in memory of the Dilecta bicycle factory. There is also a new exhibition featuring the Blançois cycle industry and the Dilecta professional sports team. Passionate volunteers take visitors on a tour of the museum.

The aqueduct of Maintenon is the last stretch of the gigantic canal Louis XIV wanted to build to divert the waters from the Eure to the fountains of Versailles. The remains still visible in the department, from Pontgouin and until this crossing of the valley of the Eure give an idea of the impressive size of this construction which will finally never be put into service. The aqueduct is about 30 metres high and surges over water over 950 metres.

Recently restored, the castle of Senonches now houses a museum space that celebrates its natural heritage: forest. The state forest of Senonches now covers 4 287 ha. It is the most important of the Eure-et-Loir, the Regional Nature Park of the Perche and one of the largest in France. In a modern and interactive course, you are aware of the forest ecosystem before discovering all the riches of the senonchoise forest. Through its history, you discover both the lives of these men and women who lived and lived it. Understanding the forest will raise awareness of the challenges in which it is now and for tomorrow: sustainable development.

Everything, everything, you will know everything… on the history of Saint Denis of Authou. The permanent exhibition exhibits archival documents, photographs and old objects. The museum contains a collection of sacerdotal clothing.

The museum reconstituted an interior percheron from the end of the century, amateurs of popular tradition will be filled, and wealth of heritage is thus represented.

This is where the data and archaeological treasures of the city are preserved… Here you will also find regularly proposed exhibitions designed for small and large, to better understand the challenges inherent in archaeological excavations. Entertaining workshops are organised for children, who are thus engaged in search techniques (places being limited, it is recommended to book). Adults will not be at rest because it should be known that the Archaeology Service invites the public to visit the excavation sites in the city, particularly on the occasion of the night of the museums (May), days of archaeology (May also) and Heritage days (September). For example, you can take the hidden secrets of the Porte Guillaume…

It is not the Museum of the Parisian Jardin des Plantes, far from it… but nevertheless, this small museum offers you to discover more than 200 specimens of birds and small mammals, as well as important collections of geology and prehistory, not to mention insects from all over the world. Thus, they are discussed during the tour and showcases of zoology, entomology, geology, prehistory, paleontology (with discoveries from excavations in Saint-Prest) and finally, mineralogy. Often, thematic conferences open to the public are organized on Tuesday evening. Finally, the Museum makes its collections available to researchers who request it.

In the village, the school museum re a class of the beginning of the century. School documents and written testimonies from former students complete a history of the school in France. Encriers, feathers and porte, a black table where the day's morality is recorded, small benches of wooden schoolchildren, the wood stove at the bottom of the class, berets and the vareuses of children, everything contributes to recreating an atmosphere of the beginning of the th century.

Photos and surrounding school classes allow the people of the Cru to recognize themselves. A permanent exhibition animates the summer season. And you can also discover inside Emigration farm, the universe of Unverre's little pupil.

To discover how people lived in the past, this animated museum recounts the daily life of the father and mother Mousset 150 years ago. Transformed into a lively museum, this house in traditional habitat presents their lives, from the cellar to the attic and to the dependencies. The church, school and bistro were also reconstructed. Groups (on reservation only) will benefit in addition to a tasting of local products or a taste, choice.

Two beautiful rooms present research dedicated to the history and archaeology of Châtillon-sur-Loire. The first is dedicated to the prehistoric world and the Gallo-Roman ruins, making you want to know more about the past of the town and the region. Silex and fossils subtly coexist. The second is dedicated to the evolution of the Châtillonnais city crossed by the Loire canal. We would like to thank the Castello association for the initiative of this nice little museum.

Only a few metres separate the painting museum of Charpont, located behind the town hall and inaugurated in 1974, the Arts Alley. This proximity owes nothing at random since this street name was chosen to preserve the memory of the first painters who settled in this village of the valley of the Eure. The majority of the works attached in the two small galleries of the museum - one of them served as a municipal council hall - come from these artists attracted to the calm of the countryside. Among them, fans will recognize Bonnet, Caucaunier, or Polat.

Located in the heart of Dreux, Hotel Montulé is a venue for temporary exhibitions. Many artists are revealed by their sculptures or paintings. From June 29 th to September 2nd, you will be able to discover Laurent Berman drawings and Models on the theme "Art in the City". This building, built at the end of the th century, also offers various courses including drawing, pottery, sculpture, engraving or stained glass.

Aristide Sparrow, a successful singer and writer from the turn of the th and th centuries, was born in Courtenay. Time has passed, but no one has forgotten the black felt and red scarf silhouette. This celebrity found his champion in the person of J. Dubois-Bermand who gave him a thesis and then a museum, installed in his property. You will find the cabaret atmosphere of this time, documents and posters during a guided tour accompanied by the master of the places - a personality - who, like or not, will make you grow her dancing at the end of the visit. You can also leave the arms responsible for the two-volume biography he devoted to the poet. The visit is unforgettable…

This museum is the result of a collection of fossils and flint tools from the Val d'Indrois region. It tells the touching story of a handicapped child who communicates only by sign language, and who scours the countryside in search of pebbles with peculiar shapes, which turn out to be fossils or flint tools. The museum also features an exhibition of photos and macro-photographs that plunge us into the undergrowth and moors, where we can come across deer and microscopic fauna skilfully captured by artist Jimmy Bonnard.

Not far from the town centre of Dreux, the Museum des Vignerons et Artisans Drouais makes us a wine-making company. From the cellars to the attic by the museum, the stable or the gardens, you will discover the old agricultural and craft practices of the th century in the th century. An introduction to wine-growing and wine oenology as well as a wine tasting and a sale of products will also be offered. Above the street, walks in the vineyards are possible to discover a well-known heritage.

For all Lovers of old vehicles, the Retro Mobile Club Drouais invites you to discover its collection. Between 1980 th century cycles, motorcycles and cars in the first half of the th century, this museum, founded in, offers several reconstructions, including an ancient toy area and a car garage that will seduce small and large. Enthusiasts discover motor vehicles in all their forms from 1910 to 1965, cycles from 1885 to 1940.