The Petit train du Picodon is the subject of a permanent exhibition in Dieulefit. Old photographs and postcards show the railway line as it was recorded in the past. Documents relating to the train’s existence add to these historical views, while objects associated with the line are also brought together in the display.
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Exposition “Dans nos filets” in Saint-Brieuc: Maritime Art
The musée d’art et d’histoire turns its maritime holdings into a route built around the figure of the pêcheur. Arrivée des pêcheurs de sardines d’Alfred Guillou, Construction d’un sardinier, Douarnenez de Mathurin Méheut and Marin pêcheur du Légué de Francis Renaud hang alongside the engraving Pêche à la sardine de René-Yves Creston. Four works lent by the musée d’Orsay joined them. Admission to the Saint-Brieuc rooms is free.
Salins Fire of 1825: A Historical Exhibition
Grande Saline revisits the fire that transformed Salins-les-Bains through archives, engravings, melted objects and firefighting equipment. The exhibition follows the blaze, relief effort and rebuilding rules that changed the town’s streets and houses. A hand pump from the Jura firefighters’ museum and reproductions of works by Ingres and Cicéri illustrate the response to the disaster and efforts to fund reconstruction.
Hôtel-Dieu in Beaune: Hospital History Walk
This guided walk follows the founders and benefactors of the Hospices Civils de Beaune through the city’s history of care. The route links the medieval Hôtel-Dieu with the former orphanage at the Hospice de la Charité, passing the ramparts and bastion. A visit to the hospice’s small museum completes an itinerary tracing the relationship between hospitals, charity and the people who supported them.
Bread and Pastry Baking in Chapelle-des-Bois: Tradition
Écomusée Maison Michaud demonstrates bread and pastry baking in the wood-fired oven of a traditional Haut-Doubs farmhouse. The gathering takes place in the fire room beneath the tuyé, with discussion of how sourdough bread is prepared and baked. Brioches and homemade cakes can be ordered, and admission also includes a self-guided visit to the ecomuseum.
Résonance Exhibition in Saint-Claude: Artistic Connections
Résonance places works from the Frac Franche-Comté alongside the collections of the Musée de l’Abbaye in Saint-Claude. Paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings connect artists including Picasso and Braque with Djamel Tatah, Silvia Bächli and Xavier Veilhan. A dedicated display explores Josette Coras’s engravings, drawings and paintings inspired by the landscapes and heritage of the Jura.
Escapology Exhibition in Blois: Masters of Escape
Les maîtres de l’évasion examines escapology at the Maison de la Magie, where the mechanics of restraint meet the discipline of theatrical illusion. Locked trunks, strong chains and apparently impossible confinements show how escape artists combine physical control, flexibility and composure. Harry Houdini anchors the historical narrative, not simply as a legendary name but as a performer who made courage, engineering and suspense inseparable on stage. Displays trace the ingenuity behind acts in which every fastening matters and every breath can alter the outcome. In Blois, a city closely associated with the art of magic, the subject fits naturally within a museum devoted to illusion and performance. The exhibition reveals freedom as a carefully constructed dramatic effect, achieved through training, technical knowledge and a precise understanding of an audience’s attention.
George Sand Exhibition in Châteauroux: Art & Impact
Caricaturer George Sand, de la satire à l’égérie républicaine follows changing representations of the writer in Châteauroux. Images move from satire towards her association with republican ideals. The Archives départementales de l’Indre and Musée George Sand et de la Vallée Noire contribute collections to an exhibition about her public image and political significance.