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Musée Picarvie
Meeting the Picardy inhabitants of yesteryear
Meeting the Picardy inhabitants of yesteryear.
In Saint-Valérie-sur Somme, the Picarvie museum welcomes you for an incredible journey through time. Just walk through the door and step into the heart of an authentic 19th century Picardy village. On one side, the locksmith, on the other the blacksmith, the basket maker, the school and its wooden desks, the café with the gramophone in pride of place. You are guaranteed to feel the difference!
Forty crafts are presented with a collection of over 6000 tools.
2013 Opening hours
Individuals: open from 30/03 to 29/09 from 10am to 12:30pm and from 1:30pm to 6pm, on Wednesdays, Sundays and weekends during the
November, December and February school holidays.
Groups: open all year round by booking
2013 Prices
Adult: €5.90
Child: €4.70(free for under 6s)
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Picarvie Museum
5, quai du Romerel
80230 Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
Tel: +33 (0)3 22 26 93 93 (Maison de la Baie de Somme et de l'Oiseau)
Fax : +33 (0)3 22 26 59 44 (Maison de la Baie de Somme et de l'Oiseau)
GPS: lat. 50.1865, long. 1.6364
email: musee.picarvie@baiedesomme.fr
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The Picarvie Museum is an opportunity to discover the history of the Baie de Somme and its inhabitants, with guided visits and a trip on the former Buoy Tender Somme II.
Guided visit of the Museum - Lasts: 1h30
Guided visit of the Picarvie Museum + trip on the Buoy Tender Somme II - Lasts: 1h30 or 2h: Discover an exceptional natural environment and cultural heritage.
The ancient jobs of Picardy inhabitants
Tools used everyday by Picardy inhabitants in the last century, the 6000 exhibits displayed in the Picarvie Museum are precious witnesses. They remind us of our ancestors' agricultural, craft, industrial and domestic activities.
Passing on history
- Guided visits organised for groups (booking necessary) enable visitors to discover the museum. No lectures, on the contrary, guides will recount anecdotes and stories that will bring the past to life... They are also ambassadors of our traditions for the younger generations. You are bound to listen to every word, they will take you on a journey through time!
Duration of the guided visit: from 45 minutes to an hour
- A guide booklet is given to individual visitors at the welcome desk.
Interactive soundscape
As visitors walk past, a movement detector switches on the museum soundscape: the hustle bustle of a café, the sound of a hammer on the leather in a cobbler's workshop... The past is brought to life.
Shop
In the museum store, you will find objects that give you a foretaste of the Baie de Somme: books, tableware and regional products
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Our visitors' comments
the opinion of Les Aventuriers on Musée Picarvie
69 years:
Close to the medieval town of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, the museum is an outstanding Picarvie concentrate locale.automobile memory.
Its founder, Paul Longuein brought together for thirty years more than 6000 tools, unparalleled control of farming activities, crafts, domestic workers and the Picards in the last century. Enter this faithfully recreated rural village and see a forty trades of yesteryear. Observe the locksmith re-cutting his files, the peeling wicker basket maker, the blacksmith working his immense bellows, the peasant scutching flax, wheelwright
the opinion of dorothée on Musée Picarvie
42 years:
Life Picardy reconstituted
Picard's life before the "age of the engine" is thoroughly blended. The craft then twenty, are put in position. We discover the workshop, the tools of artisans, but also the work of the barber, coffee shop and even a school. Note the rich collection of work on linen. Upstairs is an exhibition on Jacquard looms, sewing and clothing. An impressive track record of truth and a very pleasant visit to a village of yesteryear.
the opinion of denise on Musée Picarvie
51 years:
Close to the medieval town of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
Close to the medieval town of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, the museum Picarvie is an exceptional concentration of local memory. Its founder, Paul Longuein brought together for thirty years more than 6000 tools, unparalleled control of farming activities, crafts, domestic workers and the Picards in the last century. Enter this faithfully recreated rural village and see a forty trades of yesteryear. Observe the locksmith re-cutting his files, the peeling wicker basket maker, the blacksmith working his immense bellows, the peasant scutching flax, wheelwright assembling a wheel ... Enjoy a journey through time. Unleash your imagination and make yourself at one of the desks in the school. Unless you'd rather enjoy a little drink at the bar of the Grand 'Place. Finally, be sure to observe the work of the farm and visit the house typically Picardy
