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 9th February 2010
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Folk Museums in BrittanyEcomusée du Pays de Rennes rural museum Set between town and countryside, La Bintinais is a place where the past lives on. This museum in a beautifully restored farmhouse looks at the changes which have taken place over the last 5 centuries in daily life, work, environment and agriculture up until the present day. The estate has 19 Breton livestock breeds, traditional and modern cultivated plants and 75 varieties of local cider apples, all illustrating the development of farming in Brittany. www.ecomusee-rennes-metropole.fr Ferme d'Antan Farm of Yesteryear  A tour of the farm of yesteryear immerses visitors in family life of the period, marked out as it was by the daily round of household tasks, caring for the animals and working the land. Discover the tools used and see the storeroom, forge and animals as well as a video on the life of a family in 1924. www.ferme-dantan22.com Maison de la Harpe harp museum  Come and find out all you ever wanted to know about the Celtic harp! This centre offers to answer all your questions about this instrument of the bards. Exhibitions, events, lectures, concerts and educational activities all cover aspects of the Celtic harp, both past and present! This centre is the only one of its kind in Europe!www.harpe-celtique.com Dinan: Maison de la Rance nature centre  Interactive models, scent boxes and tide simulations form part of a unique tour discovering the exceptional natural and human heritage of a tidal river – The Rance. Out in the field, the flora and fauna in their natural surroundings reveal their secrets on guided nature outings on foot, by bike or in canoe/kayak. E-mail: maison.rance@cc-codi.fr Les Forges des Salles ironworking village  Set in delightful surroundings, the ironworking village of La Forge des Salles is a unique record of the industrial history of Brittany in the 18th and 19th centuries. Thirty buildings have been restored and some rebuilt to house exhibitions, reconstructions with sound-track, and models (the smelting furnace, school, chapel, canteen, etc …). Phone: 33(0)2 96 24 95 67 Plouguerneau and the Pays Pagan area rural museum  3 cultural attractions teach visitors about the area - the seaweed gatherer’s museum, the Ile Vierge lighthouse, and an exhibition about legends. The programme of events includes seaweed cookery courses, heritage rambles, pottery courses, meetings with seaweed gatherers, treasure hunts and sound and light shows. www.club-internet.fr/perso/bezhin Monts d'Arrée rural museum  Come and discover a former milling village with a unique architectural character built between the 17th and 20th centuries. It comprises fifteen buildings including water mills, traditionally furnished 19th century house, bakehouses, farm outbuildings, tannery and exhibition rooms. Numerous events throughout the year. “Human, animal and beast” exhibition in the visitor’s centre, from may until december. E-mail: ecomusee.montsdarree@wanadoo.fr Les Forges industrial heritage museum  Assured of a prosperous future by the presence of Le Blavet, numerous Breton canning factories and a significant local workforce, the brothers Trottier founded an iron foundry in 1860 at a place known as Kerglaw. Sold to the French polish manufacturing company in 1882, the foundry adapted to new techniques and by 1936 employed 3000 workers. The post-war era, characterised by increasing competition in Europe, saw the factory working at only 50% capacity by 1960. It finally closed for good in 1966. The industrial heritage museum occupies the former metal testing laboratory. It retraces the story of the workforce community including the history of the factory founding, the workers’ movement, wood and metal working technology, social life, rural heritage, etc. E-mail: ecomusee-lochrist@wanadoo.fr Ile de Groix rural museum  The island of Groix rural museum features a 700m2 permanent exhibition about the heritage and history of the island which was once France’s leading tuna-fishing harbour. The museum also features way-marked trails, seaman’s events and a visit to a fishermen/ farmer’s house.www.groix.fr Maison de la mytiliculture mussel farming centre  In the little harbour of Tréhiguier in Pénestin, near the mussel beds with their forests of stakes and the river Vilaine, the lighthouse features an exhibition about the lifecycle of the cultivated mussel and the history of mussel growers or “marine farmers”. www.mairie-penestin.com Tourism, Holidays & Leisure Home Page Looking for a property in France? Use FrenchEntrée's Property Finders to help you find your property and to help you through the buying process 
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