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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:

Animal feeding
Animal feeding
Torchis
Torchis

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.


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.

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€

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