School

Educational workshops

Educational workshops encourage autonomy and "do-it-yourself" thinking, with students playing an active role in their own learning.

School workshops are available by reservation on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from April to June and in September (except during school vacations).
To make a reservation:

Reservation form

Brochure groupe enfant 2025

Animal feeding

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Ateliers scolaires hors les murs

Nos médiateurs et leurs mallettes pédagogiques se déplacent pour proposer un atelier en classe en hiver (de novembre à mars 2025-2026), complété au printemps par un second atelier sur le site du musée. Thème au choix parmi : “Le rôle des abeilles et autres insectes pollinisateurs” et “Alimentation responsable : l’histoire des légumes”

Educational tools

These ready-to-use files (with answers) are designed to be used before and during your visit to the museum. They can be downloaded free of charge from the website.

Access to educational tools

Les jeux de piste :

Les jeux de piste permettent aux enfants et leurs accompagnateurs de s’approprier le site en visite libre. Ils contiennent des questions simples sur l’habitat, la vie quotidienne, les activités agricoles et les jardins.

Guided tours :

The museum also offers one-hour general or themed guided tours, with advance booking (from CM1 to lycée).

Reservation

Les ateliers scolaires sont disponibles sur réservation les lundis, mardis, jeudis et vendredis d’avril à début juillet et en septembre (hors période de vacances scolaires). Les ateliers pour les centres de loisirs sont disponibles sur réservation les mercredis et tous les jours pendant les vacances scolaires de la zone A.
Pour réserver vous pouvez nous téléphoner au 03.81.55.20.17 ou utiliser le formulaire de réservation.

Reservation form

Rates per student

Entrée en visite libre : 5,00€
Entrée et visite guidée (durée 1h) : 7,50€ (à partir de 8 ans)
Entrée et un atelier pédagogique : 10,00€
Un accompagnateur (par groupe de 10 enfants) : gratuit
Accompagnateur supplémentaire : 5,00€

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Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 high school

Agriculture maraîchère

Cycle high school

Objectives :

Comprendre le fonctionnement d’un jardin vivrier et découvrir l’activité de maraîchage. Se questionner sur la place des légumes dans l’alimentation.

Procedure :

Présentation des techniques de cultures sous serre.
Histoire du maraîchage et de nos légumes.
Mise en pratique au jardin pédagogique du musée : Utilisation des outils, plantations et entretien du jardin.

Capacity: 14 children

Atelier en extérieur : prévoir une tenue et des chaussures adaptées

Teacher's sheet

Little weavers

Cycle 2, 3

Objectives :

Understand the origin of fibers and how yarn is made. Discover the weaver's tools and how to use a loom to design a fabric. Make a weave from wool yarns.

Procedure :

Discover the Rurey weaver's workshop
Discovering yarn-making techniques
Introduction to wool weaving: demonstration on a loom followed by group practice on frames

Capacity: 14 students

Teacher's sheet

From yarn to fabric

Cycle 4

Objectives :

Understand the origins of fibers, how yarns are made and dye plants. Discover the weaver's tools and how to use a loom to design a fabric. Make a weave from wool yarns.

Procedure :

Discover the Rurey weaver's workshop and dye plant garden
Discovering yarn-making techniques
Introduction to wool weaving: demonstration on a loom, followed by group practice on frames. Each group leaves with its own creation.

Capacity: 14 students

Teacher's sheet

Basketry

Cycle 3, 4

Objectives :

Appréhender le tressage végétal. Savoir reconnaître les plantes utilisées par les vanniers. Expérimenter un artisanat millénaire et universel. (à partir du CM2)

Procedure :

Introductory walk: learn to recognize the basket weavers' plants in the museum
Discover the various applications of basketry in everyday life
Making a wicker basket.

Capacity: 12 children

Messy workshop. Bring suitable clothing.

Teacher's sheet

Light and energy

Cycle high school

Objectives :

Shed light on the history of lighting from prehistoric times to the present day. Explore energy consumption and current issues. Discover the physical and chemical processes behind inventions.

Procedure :

Discover the history and techniques of lighting in some of the museum's houses.
Experimenting with different types of lighting
LED analysis and manufacture of a beeswax candle

Capacity: 14 students

Messy workshop, partly outdoors: make sure you wear appropriate clothing.

Teacher's sheet

Oven and mill

Cycle high school

Objectives :

Introduction to the history of baking and bread-making techniques. Reflect on bread's place in our diet. Discover the role and domestication of cereals in in agriculture.

Procedure :

The history and importance of the communal oven in everyday life
Discover the cereal garden
Making, kneading, shaping and baking bread rolls

Jauge : Jauge : 12

Provide a container to take the loaves away.

Teacher's sheet

From flame to bulb

Cycle 4

Objectives :

Shed light on the history of lighting from prehistory to the present day: how did our ancestors see at night before the invention of electricity? Ask questions about energy consumption and current issues.

Procedure :

Discover the history and techniques of lighting in some of the museum's houses.
Experimenting with different types of lighting
Introducing the incandescent bulb
Making a beeswax candle

Capacity: 14 children

Workshop partly outdoors, please wear appropriate clothing.

Teacher's sheet

Bricks and cob

Cycle 4

Objectives :

Enhance the value of local natural resources, raise awareness and introduce visitors to traditional building techniques and bio-climatic architecture.

Procedure :

Introduction to the principles of vernacular architecture through the example of half-timbered houses
Erecting a cob or corded wood wall and making mud bricks

Capacity: 14 children

Messy workshop: wear appropriate clothing and shoes.

Teacher's sheet

Apprentice market gardeners

Cycle 4

Objectives :

Discover how a vegetable garden works, how to use gardening tools and how to grow vegetables. Understand the role of vegetables in our diet.

Procedure :

Presentation of the educational garden and its compost
History of vegetables and market gardening
Use of tools, planting, sowing and garden maintenance

Capacity: 14 children

Outdoor workshop: bring appropriate clothing and footwear.

Teacher's sheet

In trouble

Cycle 4

Objectives :

Introduce children to traditional baking and bread-making techniques, as well as the evolution of bread's place in our daily diet.

Procedure :

Presentation, history and importance of the communal oven in everyday life
Kneading, shaping and baking bread rolls

Jauge : Jauge : 12

Prévoir un contenant résistant à la chaleur pour emporter les pains. Fin de l'atelier à 15h15 en raison de la cuisson du pain.

Teacher's sheet

The little candles

Cycle 2, 3

Objectives :

Shed light on the history of lighting from prehistory to the present day: how did our ancestors see at night before the invention of electricity?

Procedure :

Discover the history and evolution of lighting techniques and how they were used in the countryside.
Experimenting with different types of lighting
Introducing the incandescent bulb
Making a beeswax candle

Capacity: 14 children

Part of the workshop is outdoors: bring appropriate clothing.

Teacher's sheet

Apprentice cheesemakers

Cycle 2, 3

Objectives :

Introduce students to cheese-making through a presentation of dairy products and the different stages of production and maturing.

Procedure :

Découverte des différentes étapes de la fabrication du fromage
Fabrication collective d’un produit laitier
Visite de la fruitière

Jauge : 14 enfants - par groupe

Provide a container for children's products

Teacher's sheet

In the vegetable garden

Cycle 2, 3

Objectives :

Discover how a vegetable garden works and how to use gardening tools. Understand the role of vegetables in our diet.

Procedure :

Presentation of the educational garden and its compost
Discover the history of vegetables
Mise en pratique au jardin pédagogique : apprendre à utiliser des outils, faire une plantation, et entretenir son jardin.

Capacity: 14 children

Outdoor workshop: bring appropriate clothing and footwear.

Teacher's sheet

Making the wall

Cycle 2, 3

Objectives :

Enhance the value of local natural resources, raise awareness and introduce people to traditional building techniques.

Procedure :

Half-timbered houses in the Belfort Sundgau region
Recognition of materials used and their application
Erecting a cob or corded wood wall

Capacity: 14 children

Messy workshop: wear appropriate clothing and shoes.

Teacher's sheet

Naturalist seeds

Cycle 2, 3

Objectives :

Discover the local fauna through an immersive approach to the world of old-time naturalists, and develop your artistic sensibility.

Procedure :

Gathering plants and making charcoal
Searching the undergrowth for naturalized animals
Observation drawing and playful discovery of their lifestyles

Capacity: 14 children

Messy workshop, partly outdoors: make sure you wear appropriate clothing.

Teacher's sheet

Once upon a tree

Cycle 2, 3

Objectives :

(Re)discover trees as living creatures, and learn about the importance of forest ecosystems. Discover the different uses of wood and the associated trades.

Procedure :

Immersion in a wooded area of the museum
Create a mini herbarium or demonstrate how to make a "tavaillon" (spruce tile).
Discover the uses of wood in some of the museum's houses

Capacity: 14 children

Outdoor workshop: bring appropriate clothing and footwear.

Teacher's sheet

The bees

Cycle 2, 3

Objectives :

Découvrir le fascinant monde des abeilles et leur élevage. Se sensibiliser au rôle des insectes pollinisateurs.

Procedure :

Visite du rucher collection
Introduction à l’apiculture et aux différents produits de la ruche
Découverte du mécanisme de pollinisation
Observation d’une ruche vitrée
Making a beeswax candle

Capacity: 10 children

Teacher's sheet

La main à la pâte

Cycle 2, 3

Objectives :

Introduce children to the tradition of baking, bread-making techniques and its place in our diet.

Procedure :

Presentation of the communal oven, kneading, shaping and baking bread rolls

Jauge : Jauge 12

Provide a container to take the loaves away

Teacher's sheet

Awakening clay

Cycle 1

Objectives :

Develop dexterity and creativity through clay manipulation.

Procedure :

Discover clay, its characteristics and the potter's wheel
Learn to recognize clay
Making an object

Capacity: 14 children

Dirty workshop: wear clothes suitable for handling clay.

Teacher's sheet

Farm animals

Cycle 1

Objectives :

(Jusqu'au CP) - Découvrir les animaux de la ferme et les produits issus de leur exploitation par l’Homme

Procedure :

Lecture d’un Kamishibaï (théâtre d’images) ou jeu d’association autour des animaux d’élevage pour les CP.
A bucolic stroll to meet some of the museum's animals and feed them.

Capacity: 14 children

Please wear suitable clothing. Children's umbrellas provided.

Teacher's sheet

Touch wood

Cycle 4

Objectives :

Discover trees as living creatures, and learn about the importance of forest ecosystems. Learn to recognize tree species. Discover the different uses of wood and related trades.

Procedure :

Discover trees in a wooded area of the museum
Making a "tavaillon" (spruce tile) for the class
Discover the uses of wood in some of the museum's houses

Capacity: 14 children

Outdoor workshop: bring appropriate clothing and footwear.

Teacher's sheet

Little cooks

Cycle 1

Objectives :

Discover the pleasure of cooking and understand the role of food

Procedure :

Fun discovery of the different food families
Making a cupcake

Capacity: 12 children

Notify us of any food allergies when booking

Teacher's sheet

Apprentice cheesemakers

Cycle 4

Objectives :

Introduce students to cheese-making through a presentation of dairy products and the different stages of production.

Procedure :

Découverte des différentes étapes de la fabrication du fromage
Visite de la ferme d'élevage et de la fruitière
Explications autour des bactéries du lait
Fabrication collective d'un produit laitier

Jauge : 14 enfants - par groupe

Provide a container to hold the students' work.

Teacher's sheet

In the kitchen!

Cycle 4

Objectives :

Understand the impact of food on health, question our consumption and the origins of what we eat. Discover the pleasure of cooking

Procedure :

Guided tour of the exhibition "À table!
Discuss the different food families, their roles and origins
Preparing a small complete galette

Capacity: 14 children

Notify us of any food allergies when booking.

Teacher's sheet

Les Chemin des 5 sens

Cycle 1

Objectives :

Éveiller les sens grâce à différents outils pédagogiques autour de jeux et du jardin pédagogique. Acquérir un vocabulaire de base. (Jusqu'au CP)

Procedure :

Découverte des 5 sens lors d’un parcours en pleine nature ponctué de plusieurs activités ludiques.

Capacity: 14 children

Workshop partly outdoors: bring appropriate clothing and footwear

Teacher's sheet

Ecoconstruction

Cycle high school

Objectives :

Enhance the value of local natural building materials, raise awareness and introduce visitors to traditional building techniques and bio-climatic architecture.

Procedure :

Presentation of half-timbered houses
Understanding the links between climate, available natural materials and local building techniques

Capacity: 14 students

Messy workshop: wear appropriate clothing and shoes.

Teacher's sheet

Budding naturalist

Cycle 4

Objectives :

Discover local fauna through a historical approach to naturalists and major discoveries, and develop your artistic sensibility.

Procedure :

Gathering plants, making charcoal and black gall ink
Searching the undergrowth for naturalized animals
Observational drawing and study of their lifestyles

Capacity: 14 children

Messy workshop, partly outdoors: make sure you wear appropriate clothing.

Teacher's sheet