The best museums Châteaux de la Loire

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.

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.

Located at the "Km 115", this museum dedicated to the Blue Route, which connects Paris to the Côte d'Azur, is now an integral part of the new hotel built alongside the Relais du Miel. You will tell all of this road, emblematic of the holidays at the time when the first paid holidays were introduced and will also give you some related anecdotes, including the passage from Mesrines in the nearby restaurant, just before his arrest. In the museum you will find many objects of the time as well as a fun circuit, materialized by miniature cars attached to the wall and marking each of the main steps up to Menton. The shop is quite interesting, with a large window of miniature cars, books related to the 7 National (which will be débaptisée and tronçonnée, it will remain "La National 7") as well as games for children.

Why are we celebrating Easter by offering eggs to chocolate? If this question tarabuste you, you can find answers by visiting this museum, installed in this Orthodox monastery. Take two hours for the guided visit. To immerse yourself more in the spirit of the places, you can opt for a deeper immersion and take your meal together with the monks. And then, to deepen the subject of the egg, riddled with mysteries that contemporary minds, always pressed, forget to consider, a conference on the subject will give you to think. The theme is «The egg in antiquity, in art and religion». You should draw attention to the fact that it is already more informed (oologie being the branch of zoology worrying about the study of the egg).