Écomusée du Viroin

A Farm Castle classified as heritage of Wallonia

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Clogs and Wooden Shoes making demonstration

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Focus on artisanal handicraft

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Year-round activities for young and old

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Dear visitors! Following the decree of November 28, the museum reopens its doors from Saturday December 05. This is very good news for everyone, especially for our visitors who will be able to enjoy the permanent exhibition on ancient crafts and the temporary exhibition on the incredible history of clogs.

The opening hours have changed, so we will receive you on Saturdays and Sundays from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and during the week from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. This program is in place from November 1, 2020 until March 31, 2021.

Here are the security measures in place:

• Wearing a mask from 12 years old is mandatory during the visit.

• Reservation required before your visit via www.ecomuseeduviroin.be, by email at [email protected] or by phone at +32 (0) 60/39 96 24.

• The visit is limited to 1 hour.

• Card payment, preferably contactless, is preferred.

• Maintain a distance of 1.5 meters.

• Number of visitors limited by time slots.

• Hand hygiene products available.

• One-way direction set up.

• Guided tours for children up to the age of twelve, from 10 people.

We can't wait to find you masked!

Located in the Castle Farm of Treignes, impressive building dating back to its oldest part to sixteenth century, the Ecomuseum of the Viroin offers to its visitors and users to (re) discover the rural heritage of the Entre-Sambre and Meuse region and, through this, the past of our society and its changes from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

The museum is an illustration of the technological know-how of village communities, but also a mirror of cultural and social changes that have passed throught the region of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse for two centuries. Through scientific research, the valorization of a vast collection (tools, furniture, agricultural machinery, posters ...), events, educational animations, it is a whole knowledge and a whole history which are transmitted and share. Anchored in its time, the Ecomuseum of the Viroin also works to enhance current thinking on rurality and the notion of ecological transition.

Upcoming events

Every last sunday of the month :

Clog Making !

Visitor information

To visit the museum you have to :

- wear a mask

- pay only by card

You can also book your visit here.

The Museum is closed 23, 24, 25, 26, 30 & 31/12 and 01/01, 02/01 but is open every other day of the year

Opening Times

Week : 09:00-12:00 & 13:00-17:00

WE + holidays :

10:30-18:00 (01/04 - 31/10)

13:30-17:00 (01/11 - 31/03)

Last entrance 1h before close time

ADDRESS

Ecomusée du Viroin
Rue Eugène Defraire 63
5670 Treignes
T: +32 (0)60 39 96 24
[email protected]

Tickets (duration of the visit : 1h)

Adult : 4€

Senior : 3€

Student : 3€

Kid (+6) : 2€

Free the first sunday of the month

Our Exhibitions

In a magnificent 16 century Castle farm, the Ecomuseum of the Viroin is a link between past, present and futur. The museum focuses on the social and economical history of the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region. It tells the story of men and women, craftmen, farmers and villagers...

A new exhibition every year

Clogs ! A story...

02/02/2020 - 31/08/2021

At the crossroads between history, crafts and folklore, wooden clogs have worn the feet of our ancestors, peasants, workers and sailors, for centuries. They inspired poets, storytellers, singers and painters such as Brueghel, Millet and Van Gogh… Omnipresent in the popular world of the 19th and early 20th centuries, they bear witness to labor and emancipatory fights.

Today, if they seem to be mainly associated with the folk world, they still wear the craftsman and the gardener in search of forgotten comfort. The clogs and its slipper, well adapted to the foot of its user, is light, solid, protective, ecological, hygienic, dry and warm.

In the clogmaker workshop

Enter in the clogmaker workshop and decorate, in family, according to a traditional method, a small wooden clog to take home.

+ 2 € p.p

Wooden clogmaking demonstration.

Every last Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. (included in the entry price)