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Temporary exhibition

Of Beasts and Men

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From 06/22/2024 to 11/11/2025

An exhibition with bite!

Discover how the relationship between humans and animals has evolved in traditional rural society. From domestication to collaboration, explore the deep connections that have shaped, for better or worse, our contemporary way of life.

Permanent exhibition

Dive into the heart of rural life! 

The Viroin Ecomuseum presents the main traditional trades once practiced in the village communities of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse. Departing from a reconstituted village square, discover thethe workshopsof several typical craftsmen of the region. Thousands of tools, explanatory panels, videos illustrate vanished or little-known village trades: forester, charcoal maker, cooper, tanner, saddler, shoemaker, clog maker, blacksmith, wheelwright... 

Also discover an industrial clog-maker's workshop dating from the beginning of the 20th century. Testimony of an industry which, at the beginning of the 20th century, made Viroinval rich. 

Outdoor course Agricultural machinery

Discover the beautiful collection of agricultural machines at the Écomusée du Viroin. Witnesses to the progressive mechanization of agriculture that would lead to the tractor revolution in the first half of the 20th century, these machines, as surprising as they are ingenious, demonstrate Man's growing mastery over his environment. Potato planter, weeder, rake-tedder; each machine fulfilled a very specific role relating to working the land and concentrated in it a set of know-how and ingenious techniques.

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