Scavenger Hunts
Things to do with family or friends
These activities help children explore the site on their own. They include simple questions about housing, daily life, farming activities, and gardens, along with an answer key.
Scavenger hunts to print out yourself.
For ages 7 and up (free).
Available subject to the health and safety guidelines in effect on the day of your visit.
NOUVEAU Habiter la Comté
Voyagez dans le temps et découvrez comment vivaient les habitants des campagnes !
Du CM1 à la 6e
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NOUVEAU Le voyage sensorielle de Pernelle
Partez à la découverte des édifices du temps passé aux côtés de Pernelle l’hirondelle !
De la maternelle au CE2
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Exploring the Museum
From 1st grade to 5th grade
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Loup, are you there?
Help the three little pigs build their house!
Ages 6 and up
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The Museum for Little Ones
By observing the shapes, colors, and designs of objects, the little ones discover the world of times gone by.
Preschool
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The Hunt for Footprints
Can you tell who was here?
From 1st to 5th grade
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Was life in the countryside really better back then?
Things to do with family or friends
They help children explore the site on their own. They include simple questions about housing, daily life, agricultural activities, and gardens. From now on, the geographical tour of the Nancray Museum of Comtois Houses is complemented by a chronological tour: the objects and furniture inside each house evoke a specific era (1780, 1810, 1840, 1885, 1925, and 1950). To illustrate this chronological tour, the museum offers three visitor guides titled “Follow the Guide!”
Episode 1: Daily Life
From 4th grade through middle school
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Episode 2: Heating
From 4th grade through middle school
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Episode 3: Lighting
From 4th grade through middle school
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General Files
In Search of Time Gone By
Middle Schools and High Schools
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In the Footsteps of Migue the Moon
It provides a simple introduction to rural architecture (two types of houses) and daily life in the past.
Special edition for preschoolers
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Of earth, stone, and wood
This resourcepack explores rural housing (construction techniques, spatial layout, etc.), daily life (bread-making, smoking meat, etc.), and agricultural activities (haymaking, harvesting, and plowing).
Middle and high schools
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Thematic Reports
Zélie and Pierre-Simon's Bioclimatic Homes
This comprehensive tool addresses housing issues from a bioclimatic perspective.
It is specifically designed to align with the middle school curriculum on housing (5th grade technology course).
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Dry stone
To understand the techniques used in building or restoring dry-stone walls.
To raise awareness of small architectural details.
To also explore their environmental benefits.
Intended for students in technical or vocational programs focused on the building trades.
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Wandering Among the Small Buildings
To understand construction techniques or... This resource highlights the importance of small structures in daily life in the past: the alpine water cistern, the fortified granary, the ox-yoke...
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Wandering Among the Small Buildings
This resource highlights the importance of small structures in daily life in the past: the alpine water cistern, the fortified granary, the cattle shed…
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Let's harness Poumé, Coquette, and Sansonnet
This report traces the evolution of various types of animal teams in the 18th century: ox and horse teams, how they were driven during work, and methods of traction.
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The Key to the Woods
This resource highlights the role that wood played in daily life in the past (construction, tools, etc.); it broadens the scope to include a study of the forest, covering its geography, history, and environmental knowledge.
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From Traditional Architecture to Bioclimatic Housing
This report consists of two parts:
- a flexible student-led investigation;
- An answer key for teachers, with numerous scientific and technical supplements.
It provides an introduction to the concept ofsustainable developmentthrough a critical examination of the museum’s buildings and a day-to-day analysis of lifestyles of the past.
A path toward the future (such asbioclimatic housing or eco-construction) emerges from a comparison between these ways of life and contemporary ones (energy consumption, short supply chains for building materials or food, and water and waste management).
This document is particularly well-suited for use in interdisciplinary hands-on learning activities (history, life and earth sciences, physical sciences, etc.).
Intended for all middle and high school students (general, technical, and vocational tracks).
For ESD focus groups.
For9th-grade classes participating in career exploration:
- occupations related to the restoration and preservation of cultural heritage;
- careers related to the concept of sustainable development.
Intended for students in middle schools and general, technical, and vocational high schools.
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Around the Pond
This resource helps students explore the environment of a pond, including its flora and fauna.
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Carding, Spinning, and Weaving
This resource traces the evolution of the various types. This resource presents the equipment and techniques used in spinning and weaving, as well as the textile and dye plants used.
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The Milk Trail
The dairy was a must-visit in every village. This report describes the process of turning milk into Comté cheese to preserve it.
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