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  • Conférence : La grande histoire du luxe à Châteauroux

    Jérôme Descoux, a curator at the Archives départementales de l’Indre, unfolds the story that made Châteauroux and the land around it a country of luxury. Savoir-faire and innovation are the threads he follows, drawn from the departmental records he looks after. The talk is given at Le Comptoir Local, the Châteauroux Berry Tourisme counter in the town centre. Entry is by prior booking, within a run of autumn visits and talks in the town.

  • Canal de la Sauldre bridge restoration

    The Maison de la Forêt hosts an exhibition on restoring the Canal de la Sauldre bridges at Brinon-sur-Sauldre. The display follows work to preserve these local structures. Five bridges have stone walls and brick parapets, weakened by theft and falling masonry. The canal once carried marl to improve Sologne farmland. Its restoration connects the exhibition to the agricultural history of this waterway.

  • Nitray: Cher River Sound Walks and Sketchbook Art

    Sounds and drawings offer different ways of following the Cher at Nitray. An audio walk introduces the river, while an exhibition pairs sketchbook artist Lapin’s work with creations from workshops involving La Croix-en-Touraine schools. Board games and a Micro-Folie digital museum visit add activities for children aged eight and over, connecting river heritage with artistic and participatory approaches.

  • L’école d’autrefois: Schooldays and George Sand

    A classroom from earlier schooldays is reconstructed for L’école d’autrefois in Chassignolles. The exhibition looks at learning through that recreated school setting, then turns to the importance George Sand attached to reading and writing. Education and the writer’s convictions meet in a portrait of how literacy formed part of the world she cared about.

  • Montpoupon: Furnished Rooms and Equestrian Heritage

    Kitchens, a dining room and private apartments reveal different sides of domestic life at the fully furnished Château de Montpoupon. The self-guided route moves between working rooms and more intimate living spaces. A museum explores the family’s attachment to horses and riding, while a woodland walk extends the visit into the surrounding estate.

  • Maintenon Through Artists’ Eyes and Archive Images

    Artists’ views of Maintenon meet photographs from its past in an exhibition produced with the Fondation Mansart. Paintings, drawings and engravings interpret the château, town and surrounding landscapes. Older and archival photographs add a documentary counterpoint, allowing changes in the place to be read alongside the ways artists have chosen to picture it.

  • Tigy: Beekeeping and a Bootmaker’s Craft

    Bees and leatherwork share the programme at Tigy’s Musée de l’Artisanat Rural Ancien. Annick Thais explains beekeeping techniques and the life of bees, while shoemaker and bootmaker Johnny Piot demonstrates shoe assembly and leather sewing. His Compagnon du Devoir et du Tour de France background gives a precise craft context to the handwork shown during this rural heritage gathering.

  • Châtillon-sur-Loire: From Fossils to Local History

    Fossils and ancient objects begin a journey through Châtillon-sur-Loire’s past, followed through the municipal history and prehistory collections. Philippe Jarret guides the visit, relating the exhibits to life in the town across successive periods. The heritage programme brings archaeological material and local stories together, with opportunities to ask questions about the objects and the people behind them.

  • Lorris: Women of the Resistance in the Spotlight

    Women’s roles in resistance and combat emerge from the shadows in Résistantes et combattantes, de l’ombre à la lumière. Presented in Lorris as part of its resistance and deportation heritage programme, the exhibition is produced by the ACHAC research group. Free museum access accompanies the display, inviting attention to women whose wartime experiences are its central subject.

  • Musée de la Vigne et du Vin: Heritage Visits

    Jura winegrowers’ working lives and winemaking methods run through this museum visit in Arbois. A reconstructed vineyard setting leads into displays covering Ploussard, Trousseau, Chardonnay, Vin de paille, Macvin and Vin Jaune. Guided and self-guided visits are complemented by children’s games and a quiz, while an INAO exhibition examines the history of official agricultural quality labels.