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Educational tools

Trail games

With family or friends

They enable children to get to grips with the site. They contain simple questions about housing, daily life, agricultural activities and gardens, plus answers. Paper versions of these games are available from the Museum reception desk.
From age 7 (free).

Available subject to sanitary conditions on the day of your visit.


Wolf, are you there?

Wolf, are you there?

Help the 3 little pigs build their house!

From age 6
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Little man

Little Man

On the trail of bread

Kindergarten to CM2
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Gourmet treasure hunt

Gourmet treasure hunt

Find the ingredients and utensils you need to make the recipe.

From CP to 5e
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The museum for tots

By observing the shapes, colors and graphics of objects, toddlers discover the world of times gone by.

Kindergarten
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The hunt for footprints

The hunt for footprints

Can you recognize who's been there?

From CP to CM2
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Drawing of Arces-de-Morteau farm

Discovering the museum 

From CP to CM2
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Was life in the countryside really better before?

With family or friends

They enable children to get to grips with the site. They contain simple questions about housing, daily life, farming activities and gardens, and a cDorénavant le parcours géographique du musée des maisons comtoises Nancray se doublement d'un parcours chronologique: les objets et meubles se trouvant l'intérieur de chaque maison restituent une époque (1780, 1810, 1840, 1885, 1925 et 1950). To illustrate this chronological tour, the museum offers three visitor guides entitled "Follow the guide!

follow the daily guide

Episode 1: Daily life

From CM1 to collège
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follow the heating guide

Episode 2: Heating

From CM1 to collège
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follow the daily guide

Episode 3: Lighting

From CM1 to collège
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General files

In search of the past

Secondary schools
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In the footsteps of Migue la lune

It takes a simple look at rural architecture (two types of houses) and everyday life in the past.

Spécial maternelles
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Of earth, stone and wood

This dossier looks at rural housing (building techniques, layout, etc.), everyday life (bread, smoking, etc.) and farming activities (haymaking, harvesting and ploughing).

Colleges and high schools
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Thematic files

The bioclimatic homes of Zélie and Pierre-Simon

This comprehensive tool tackles housing issues from a bioclimatic angle.

It has been specially designed to meet the requirements of the middle school program on the house (technological 5th grade).
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Dry stone

To understand how dry-stone walls are built or restored.
To raise awareness of small architectural details.
To highlight their environmental benefits.

For students in technological or vocational training in the building trades.
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In the midst of small buildings

To understand the construction or renovation techniques used, this pack highlights the importance of small buildings in the everyday life of the past: the alpine cistern, the granary, the horseshoe...

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In the midst of small buildings

This dossier highlights the importance of small buildings in the everyday life of the past: the alpine cistern, the granary, the horseshoe...

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Let's harness Poumé, Coquette and Sansonnet

This dossier traces the evolution of the different types of carriage in the 18th century: the harnessing of oxen and horses, their driving at work, traction methods.

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The key to the woods

This dossier shows the role wood played in everyday life in the past (construction, tools...); it extends the approach to a study of the forest, presenting its geography, history and knowledge of the environment.

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From traditional architecture to bioclimatic housing

This dossier is divided into two sections:

  • a modular student survey ;
  • an answer sheet for teachers, with numerous scientific and technical supplements.

l introduces the concept of sustainable development through a critical reading of the museum's buildings and a day-to-day analysis of how people lived in the past.

A look to the future (for example, towards bioclimatic housing or eco-construction) is provided by comparing these ways of living with contemporary ones(energy consumption, short supply circuits for building materials or food, water and waste management).

This document is particularly well suited to practical interdisciplinary teaching (history, life and earth sciences, physical sciences, etc.).
For all middle and high school students (general, technical and vocational).
For ESD think tanks.

For third-year vocational discovery classes:

  • trades related to heritage restoration and maintenance ;
  • trades around the concept of sustainable development.


For students in general, technical and vocational secondary schools.
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Around the pond

This dossier introduces you to the environment of a pond, its flora and fauna.

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Carding, spinning and weaving

This dossier traces the evolution of the different types This dossier presents the equipment and techniques used in spinning and weaving, and the textile and dye plants used.

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The milk route

The "fruitière" (cheese dairy) was an essential part of every village. This dossier shows how milk was processed into Comté cheese for preservation.

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