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Educational tools

Track games

To do with family and friends

They allow children to get to grips with the site. They contain simple questions about housing, daily life, agricultural activities and gardens and an answer key. A paper version of these games is available at the Museum reception.
From 7 years of age (free).

Available according to the health conditions on the day of your visit.


Are you a wolf?

Are you a wolf?

Help the 3 little pigs to build their house!

From 6 years old
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Little man

Little Man

In the footsteps of bread

From kindergarten to CM2
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Gourmet treasure hunt

Gourmet treasure hunt

Find the different ingredients and utensils that will enable you to make the recipe.

From CP to 5e
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The museum for the little ones

By observing the shapes, colours and graphics of objects, children discover the world of past times.

Kindergarten
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The hunt for footprints

The hunt for footprints

Can you recognise who has been there?

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

Discovering the museum 

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

To do with family and friends

They allow children to become familiar with the site. They contain simple questions about housing, daily life, agricultural activities and gardens, and a chronological tour: the objects and furniture inside each house represent an era (1780, 1810, 1840, 1885, 1925 and 1950). To illustrate this chronological tour, the museum offers three 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

Colleges and high schools
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In the footsteps of Migue la lune

It deals in a simple way with rural architecture (two types of houses) and everyday life in the past.

Special kindergarten
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Of earth, stone and wood

This file enables us to look at rural housing (construction techniques, layout of spaces, etc.), daily life (bread, smoking, etc.) and agricultural activities (haymaking, harvesting and ploughing).

Colleges and high schools
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Thematic files

The bioclimatic houses of Zélie and Pierre-Simon

This comprehensive tool addresses housing issues from a bioclimatic perspective.

Specially designed to meet the middle school curriculum on the house (technological 5th grade).
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Dry stone

To understand the construction or restoration technique of dry stone walls.
To raise awareness of small architectural details.
To address their environmental usefulness.

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

To understand the construction or renovation techniques used in the past, this file highlights the importance of small buildings in everyday life: the mountain pasture cistern, the strong granary, the ox-shoe...

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In the midst of small buildings

This file highlights the importance of small buildings in the daily life of the past: the mountain pasture cistern, the strong granary, the ox-shoe...

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Let's harness Poumé, Coquette and Sansonnet

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

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The key to the woods

This file shows the place that wood had in everyday life in the past (construction, tools, etc.); 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 parts:

  • a modular student survey ;
  • an answer key for the teacher with numerous scientific and technical supplements.

It enables the concept of sustainable development to be approached through a critical reading of the museum's buildings and an analysis of the daily life of the past.

An opening towards the future (for example towards bioclimatic housing or eco-construction) is brought about by a comparison between these ways of living and those of today(energy consumption, short supply circuits for building materials or food, water and waste management).

This document is particularly suitable for practical interdisciplinary work (history, life and earth sciences, physical sciences, etc.).
For all secondary school students (general, technical and professional).
For ESD focus groups.

For third year classes in vocational discovery:

  • 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 file allows you to discover the environment of a pond, its fauna and flora.

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Carding, spinning and weaving

This file traces the evolution of the different types of textile. This file presents the equipment and techniques for spinning and weaving; the textile and dye plants used.

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The milk route

The cheese dairy was a must in every village. This file presents the transformation of milk into Comté cheese for preservation.

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