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.
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Sully-sur-Loire: The Art of the Medieval Banquet
A banquet table recreates the visual splendour of lordly dining at Sully-sur-Loire. The programme considers how guests were received and what they ate, with attention to the servants whose preparations made feasting possible. Set within the château’s historical domestic world, the display brings food and service into the story of how a great household operated.
La Bretèche Tileworks: Quarry and Craft Skills
Tilemaking begins with the ground beneath it at La Tuilerie de la Bretèche’s open house. Guided visits take in the working premises and quarry, connecting raw material with the place where it is transformed. Local artisans and a children’s workshop add further ways to encounter practical skills, with the tileworks team and volunteers sharing their knowledge in Ligny-le-Ribault.
Chaumussay in Black and White: A Village Album
Chaumussay appears through old photographs and postcards in Le temps suspendu, an exhibition devoted to the commune’s past. Black-and-white views bring together images that once circulated as cards and others preserved as photographs. The collection forms a village album, inviting attention to the places recorded and to the ways earlier photographers chose to frame them.
Nitray: The Wooden Needles That Keep the Cher Navigable
Wooden aiguilles stand side by side in the Cher’s needle dams, regulating water for navigation. At Nitray, Les Amis du Cher canalisé present an exhibition alongside subscriptions and the marking of sponsored needles. These pieces are passed to the river authority for use in the dams, making a small act of support part of the continuing care of this working river heritage.
Chamerolles: Ghost Stories and a Creative Workshop
Former residents of Chamerolles return as the subjects of ghost stories in Les Fantômes du Château. A guide leads children aged six to twelve through a themed visit, mixing the history of the people who lived there with playful tales of haunting. A creative workshop follows, allowing the stories and characters encountered in the rooms to inspire a handmade piece.
La Givaudine: Berry Folk Dance in George Sand’s Honour
La Givaudine honours George Sand with a programme of Berry’s traditional dances in Plaimpied-Givaudins. The group’s repertoire includes bourrées from Haut-Berry and Bas-Berry alongside polkas and waltzes. Its practice brings dance together with hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes and diatonic accordion, sustaining the folk music and movement associated with the region.
Chamerolles: Renaissance Cooking Through Riddles
Renaissance food supplies the questions in a children’s booklet designed for exploring Chamerolles. Young visitors aged six to twelve follow paper riddles about cooking methods, banquet ingredients and the culinary life of the château. The activity turns a heritage visit into a self-led investigation, with gastronomy providing the thread between its questions and the historic setting.
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais: Medieval Streets and Living Crafts
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais approaches its heritage through performance, guided exploration and encounters with makers. A theatrical promenade and bell-tower visit sit alongside a trail of clues and a tour of the medieval town. Houses and gardens open their doors, while master glassmaker Sophie Berecz welcomes visitors to her studio, connecting historic streets with a craft still practised there.
George Sand’s Addresses: From Paris to Berry
George Sand’s addresses become a route through her life in Jocelyne BARON’s exhibition. Photographs, old postcards, maps and documents follow her from Parisian homes to the places where she grew up and lived in Berry. Sand’s own texts accompany the journey, linking physical settings with the writing they helped shape and with changing views of those places.