Museum
Manufacturing Museum of Head Combs and Accessories
Factory Museum. Combs and finery from 17th - 20th Century. Lecturers for groups by appointment. Visit lasts approx. 90 minutes. Enter the world of comb makers in the former capital of comb and finery manufacturers with workshops and exhibits. Closed from 15/12-15/02 and May 1st. Contact us.
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Cultural Center of the Manor of Fontaine
The Museum of Glassmaking set up home in 1993, in an annexe of the Manoir de Fontaine (Manor of the Fountain), in the heart of “Glass Valley”. Permanent exhibition with knowledgeable guides who will explain the various roles of latter day glassmakers. You will also find out about the work of refr...
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Bovary Gallery - Museum of Robots
Cultural centre, on the edge of Crevon, in a former 18th century press, saved from ruin in 1977. 500 moving models of which 300 portray the main scenes from Flaubert's “Madame Bovary”. Open from 1st May to 31st Oct: Sat, Sun and public holidays from 2.30-6pm and daily in July/Aug, except Mon. Gr...
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The House of Linen in Normandy
An important centre for linen making until 1840, Routot displays the history, culture, craft and industrial uses of this millinery fibre turned from the little blue flower into thick postal sacks. Groups by appointment. Guided tour: 2.50 €. Shop. Many gift ideas.
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Museum of Anatomy
Since 1995, this museum has contained a unique exhibition: the 'Skinned' of Doctor Auzoux, used to train generations of doctors around the world up to the present day. Since 2005, the Museum of Anatomy has opened a room dedicated to fauna and flora, where some of the items retained at the closure...
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Museum of Fine Art
One of the most prestigious collections of France brings together paintings, sculptures, drawings and objets d’art from the end of the Middle-Ages to present day. The most important masters - Véronèse, Caravaggio, Rubens, Velázquez, Poussin, Fragonard, Ingres, Géricault, Delacroix, Modigliani, th...
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Museum Le Secq des Tournelles
This very original institution, imagined by the donor Henri Le Secq des Tournelles, occupies a former Gothic church and has the largest collection of old iron objects from the Gallo-Roman era up to the 19th Century. 8,000 pieces with all sorts of uses - building applications like grills, staircas...
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Museum of Ceramics
The museum, installed in a superb hotel d'Hocqueville (17th-18th Century), displays the most important producers of china: Delft, Nevers, and centres on the splendours of Rouen production - tiles from Masséot Abaquesne (16th century), blue cameo from Poterat, polychrome decorations, sparkling chi...
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