Viroin Ecomuseum

  • recognised tourist attraction
  • velo
  • Car park
  • Coach park
    3 parking spots
  • Maestro
  • Dogs admitted
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Plunge into the heart of rural life!

The Écomusée du Viroin presents the main traditional trades once practised in the village communities of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse.

Starting from a reconstructed village square, discover the workshops of several typical rural craftsmen: cooper, shoemaker, baker, washerwomen, etc., as well as old farm machinery outdoors.

There's also a mechanised clog-maker's workshop dating from the early 20th century. Clog-making demonstration or guided tour of the permanent exhibition by prior arrangement, and clog-making machine demonstration on the last Sunday of the month at 15.30 (except events).

You can also visit the temporary exhibition!

Every 1st Sunday of the month: free admission to the museum.

Guided tours of the permanent and temporary exhibitions for groups.

Tailor-made educational activities for groups (2.5 to 18 years old): baker's workshop, leather-working workshop, forge, rope, basket-making, washerwoman, etc.
5 to € 8 per person. Groups can be invoiced.

Gift shop including selection of books.
  • SNCB: by train from Charleroi Sud to Couvin. Bus line TEC 60/3.
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Treignes invites young and old to take part in various horrible activities in Treignies on 30 October 2016.

Are you scared of the big bad wolf? Then watch your step when you are in the woods near the Eco-museum of Viroin, or you just might end up being his next meal!

In the corridors of the Espace Arthur Masson, don't trust your neighbour. Is he really what he seems? Do you dare visit the Musée Malgré-Tout where you might be transformed into a werewolf?

Grab your fancy dress costumes, Treignes awaits you for a spine-chilling day!

L'Ecomusée du Viroin vous accueille avec son exposition photos Des Bêtes et des Hommes consacrée aux relations entre humains et animaux. 

Issues des collections de l'Ecomusée du Viroin, les photos témoignent de la relation étroite qui unit les hommes à ces compagnons amicaux.

Evolution de notre société

De la domestication à la collaboration, remontez l'histoire pour mieux comprendre le rôle des animaux dans la société rurale traditionnelle et l'évolution du rapport entre l'homme et l'animal en l'espace d'un siècle. Mais aussi, l'impact de l'industrialisation et l'émergence de la société de consommation sur toutes les dimensions de la vie paysanne.

Des illustrations fortes et percutantes de la société d'hier et d'aujourd'hui !