The best museums Franche-Comté

For more than 50 years, from 1900 to 1953, this small regional train went through the Doubs countryside by all the time. We can travel in the past through all kinds of objects: models, time tickets, photos, press clippings, a dummy with a controller suit, the ticket desk where the travel tickets are issued… The place is both picturesque, outdated and a dusty strand but it is part of the discovery of the old métrique railway with pleasure. In addition, the people who take care of this museum are truly passionate, they will be happy to share their knowledge with you.

This former forge was once animated by several generations of the Petitjean family. Today, the Museum Forge is open to the public and presents the forge workshop as it was in 1950 and the apartments, the barn and the refurbished set as faithfully as possible to the original model. The visit begins with a film showing life and daily work in a forge workshop. In the barn are presented the numerous agricultural tools of the peasant blacksmith, master of the fire and nurse of the animals.

The museum retrace the beaucourtoise industry from the late th century to the present. It belongs to the museum of comtoises techniques and cultures and was named the Musée de France in 2003. The collections presented testify to the genius of Frédéric Japy, a forerunner of the serial watch industry. A horloger horloger, he founded a watchmaking factory in 1777 where the machines of his creation quickly replace manual work. Its inventions extend to other areas: émaillerie, fasteners, lustrerie, motors or famous typewriters. The museum, located in the old Pendulerie Pendulerie, thus exhibits its exceptional collections. The Japy factory has counted up to 5 000 workers, in depth the history of the village of Beaucourt. Renovated and reorganized in 2012, the museum offers in addition to the permanent collection 3 to 4 temporary exhibitions per year.