Olliergues Museum of Trades and Traditions

5 montée du château, 63880 Olliergues

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Musée des métiers et traditions du Pays d'Olliergues

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Housed in the Château d'Olliergues, this museum retraces local craft traditions. It features a beating saw, a clogmaker's workshop, a wheelwright's workshop, a weaving area and the braiding industry.

A visit to discover the technical and social heritage of the Pays d'Olliergues. Housed in the Château d'Olliergues - an ancient fortified castle dating back to the XIIᵉ century, perched on a rock overlooking the Dore valley - this museum invites visitors on an immersive journey to the heart of local craft traditions. The museum comprises four areas, each dedicated to a different theme. In the wood room, you'll find a beating saw, the ancestor of today's sawmills, as well as the clogmaker's workshop, from manual to industrial production. You'll then pass through the wheelwright's workshop, a reconstruction of Father Faure's workshop, where you'll learn all about the workings of the wheel. Next, you'll discover a space devoted to hemp production, harvesting and weaving, with a 17thᵉ century loom, as well as mechanical weaving, illustrated by a Canut loom, a Jacquard mechanism and a ribbon drum loom. In the last room, the braiding industry, still in operation, will be presented to you. You can also discover the museum's "treasures": tools and machines used in rural life. Group: if more than 25 people, group split into 2 parts Open all year round by reservation for groups