Military history becomes a subject for observation and making in this Bourges museum programme for children aged six to twelve. Each session begins with a discovery activity before moving into a practical workshop. Handling and creating help connect the historical theme with something tangible, and participants leave with their own work at the end of the free session.
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Moulin du Pondy: Mill Heritage, Postcards and Painting
Moulin du Pondy opens for a self-guided encounter with the mill, its history and its surroundings. An exhibition of postcards broadens that view to other mills in the Cher, setting this one within a wider regional landscape. Paintings by Naturorelie add an artistic strand to the free heritage opening, which welcomes families and friends to explore at their own pace.
Récréa-terre: Children’s Pottery at La Borne
Hands shape clay at Récréa-terre, the children’s pottery programme at La Borne’s ceramics centre. A changing selection of workshops introduces hand-building and modelling, leaving room for participants’ ideas and levels of experience. Designed for ages six to fifteen, the sessions connect creative experimentation with the making skills associated with this ceramic community.
Dammarie-en-Puisaye: The Castle Tower and Courtyard
The tower and courtyard of Dammarie-en-Puisaye’s château form the subject of these guided heritage visits. Commentary connects the architecture with events that shaped the building’s history, adding anecdotes to the view of its surviving spaces. Free admission opens this part of the village’s built heritage to an accompanied exploration.
L’Écume des sèves: Plants, Sculpture and George Sand
Delicate plant-inspired installations by Duy Anh Nhan Duc meet the stone architecture of the Palais Jacques Cœur in L’Écume des sèves. Sculptures and transparent forms explore both the fragility and persistence of living matter. The project also recalls George Sand’s interest in natural science and trees, drawing a line between contemporary making and the writer’s attentive study of nature.
L’arbre photographique: Imagined Families in Pictures
Old photographs become the beginnings of an invented family in L’arbre photographique. Children aged nine to fourteen handle images from different periods, arranging characters together on a shared timeline. Gwenola Furic, a specialist in photographic conservation and restoration, leads the workshop, combining attention to fragile visual heritage with a collaborative exercise in imagining lives.
Mauvières: A Guided Visit to Underground Heritage
Below the Tour de Mauvières in Loches, a guided visit turns attention to a troglodytic site and its natural setting. The property belongs to AREPS, an association devoted to restoring and studying underground heritage. Groups of no more than twenty-five encounter this less visible part of the town’s patrimony at the foot of the tower.
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.
Levroux’s Heritage Through Residents’ Photographs
Landscapes and scenes of daily life appear through residents’ lenses in this participatory exhibition in Levroux. Photographs from the community contest join older and more recent views of the Levroux Boischaut Champagne territory. Buildings, details and familiar atmospheres become a collective portrait, shaped by what the people who live there choose to notice and preserve.
L’Atelier de la Cire Perdue: Bronze and Local Makers
Bronze is both material and moving image at Audrey Fléchet’s L’Atelier de la Cire Perdue. The sculptor and foundry artist presents Coccyx fêlé, an animated film made in bronze with Aurélien Bouchet-Leger. Casting demonstrations accompany work by invited local makers, ranging from Paul Bonnin’s ceramics to painting, textiles and jewellery, giving Châteauneuf-sur-Cher a meeting point for several crafts.