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USHERING ECOMUSEUM

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Hameau de Niou Huella, 29242Ouessant, France Show on map
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It was here that the first ecomuseum of France was created in 1968. As you enter the permises, you get the impression that time has stopped. But of the two houses characteristic of traditional housing architecture in Ouessant, only one remains, the second having been destroyed by arson (which affected several sites on the island), in July 2017. If the ground floor and the attic were designed in a very functional way, the interior distribution appeals to the visitor: a partitioning system frees up two rooms of similar dimensions at both ends of the house. One of them, equipped with tables, benches-chests, enclosed beds and a fireplace, is the living room. The room at the other end has the same configuration but its decoration is neat and the woods are worked. It is the ceremonial room of the house, which is only used for entertaining on special occasions. Furniture, objects, engravings, photos and costumes are all testimonies to the rich hours of the island in the last century.

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Visited in november 2024
Très touchant et intéressant.
Visited in august 2024
Un lieu très intéressant, instructif sur les usages d'une époque révolue, les conditions de vie de ces générations passées... Originaire de la côte bretonne, juste en face, j'ai encore appris des choses sur la vie de nos prédécesseurs, et à l'époque d'internet, ça fait réfléchir. Très belles balades sur l'île, encore indemne des affrositées en béton que nous voyons trop souvent. NE CHANGEZ RIEN, PAR PITIÉ !!! Ouessant est un lieu authentique, ce qu'il nous manque aujourd'hui : qu'il le reste, s'il vous plaît !!!
Visited in august 2024
Émouvant.
Visited in august 2024
Excellente visite guidée qui donne un sens à l'habitat ouessantin ! Ne pas hésiter à jouer au jeu de 7 familles culinaires du coin... même si j'ai perdu ! ;p
Visited in july 2024
Écomusée et le musée des phares et des balises, à visiter,mais c'est l'ensemble de l'île qui est à découvrir, en particulier, à vélo. Qui permet de sillonner les chemins avec la complicité des iliens et les environs des paysages de toute beauté rocheuse de la côte et sauvage à l'intérieur qui en fait tout son charme.
La balade,à partir de Brest, par beau temps,
est agréable,même si la houle peut être au programme,avec escale à Molène.

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