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Guided tours

The Charlieu Museums offer guided tours throughout the tourist season, including weaving demonstrations at the Silk Museum.

Guided tours of the temporary exhibition are also available.

  • For groups:

Guided tours are available for groups throughout the year, by direct reservation with the Charlieu Museums or via the Tourist Office of the city.

  • For individuals:

Fixed-time guided tours are offered weekly for individuals. The schedule is announced at the beginning of each month and reminded at the beginning of each week on social media. They are available without reservation at the usual rates.

Themed tour for young audiences

Dear teachers, if you wish to introduce our museums to your students, we offer themed visits focusing on various aspects:

HOSPITAL MUSEUM:

My Medical Kit 

Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours, Level: Grades 1 and 2

The Herbarium 

Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours, Level: Preschool-5th Grade

Microbe Hunt 

Duration: 1.5 hours, Level: Preschool-5th Grade

Banana DNA 

Duration: 2 hours, Workshop for half-group, Level: 1st Grade-5th Grade

Origins of Medicine: The Apothecary 

Duration: 1.5 hours, Level: 5th Grade to 10th Grade

The Theater of Medicine 

Duration: 2 hours, Level: 8th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade

Charlhop 

Duration: 2 hours, Level: 8th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

SILK MUSEUM:

Seeing, Touching, and Hearing Silk 

Duration: 1 hour, Level: Kindergarten

Penelope's Puzzle 

Duration: 1.5 hours, Level: Grades 1 and 2

Weaving Workshop 

Duration: 2 hours, Level: Preschool-5th Grade

Silk Weaving since the 19th Century 

Duration: 1.5-2 hours, Level: 1st Grade-5th Grade

In Armor, Giant Weaving 

Duration: 2 hours, Level: Grades 3 and 4

Silk Weaving: Technique and Mechanics 

Duration: 2 hours, Level: Grade 8, Vocational School, High School

Temporary exhibition - Coming soon!