THE WHOLE OF FRANCHE-COMTÉ IN AN OPEN-AIR MUSEUM !
At the beginning of the Jura mountains, only 15 minutes from Besançon, the Nancray museum-park is the ideal gateway to discover and explore Franche-Comté and its land in one day. Farms, Comté cheese-making facilities, bread ovens... a total of more than 35 authentic Comtois buildings from the 17th to the 19th century invite you to take an immersive journey in a 15-hectare country setting. Gardens, animals, exhibitions and activities enrich the visit of the only open-air museum in the region. A living place where history questions the present and inspires the future, the Museum of Maisons Comtoises is a unique site in France !
At the beginning of the Jura mountains, only 15 minutes from Besançon, the Nancray museum-park is the ideal gateway to discover and explore Franche-Comté and its land in one day. Farms, Comté cheese-making facilities, bread ovens... a total of more than 35 authentic Comtois buildings from the 17th to the 19th century invite you to take an immersive journey in a 15-hectare country setting. Gardens, animals, exhibitions and activities enrich the visit of the only open-air museum in the region. A living place where history questions the present and inspires the future, the Museum of Maisons Comtoises is a unique site in France !
HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE
The site houses authentic 17th, 18th and 19th century Comtois houses, all carefully restored from their original location. Six of them have interiors dating from different periods: 1780, 1810, 1840, 1890, 1925 and the late 1950s. A visit to the museum is an ideal opportunity to compare our current way of life with that of our ancestors and thus to evoke the future, notably through the demonstration of ecological construction techniques.
THE GARDENS
Around the houses, there are organically cultivated thematic gardens: vegetable gardens for lacto-fermentation, simple plants, textile and dye plants, educational gardens, cereal gardens, a vegetable and livestock garden, etc. Between the techniques of organic cultivation and forgotten or little-known vegetables, the discovery promises to be fertile.
ANIMALS
The museum presents domestic breeds: Comtois horses, sheep, goats, donkeys, poultry, etc. There are also six beehives.
THE ENVIRONMENT
Discover a landscaped park and follow the paths that will take you from the pond to the orchard, through the undergrowth and hedges populated by wildlife.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Living, eating, managing resources, preserving the environment, these are all questions to ask in order to better project ourselves into the 21st century. What if the museum was a source of inspiration through the presentation of its collections?
The site houses authentic 17th, 18th and 19th century Comtois houses, all carefully restored from their original location. Six of them have interiors dating from different periods: 1780, 1810, 1840, 1890, 1925 and the late 1950s. A visit to the museum is an ideal opportunity to compare our current way of life with that of our ancestors and thus to evoke the future, notably through the demonstration of ecological construction techniques.
THE GARDENS
Around the houses, there are organically cultivated thematic gardens: vegetable gardens for lacto-fermentation, simple plants, textile and dye plants, educational gardens, cereal gardens, a vegetable and livestock garden, etc. Between the techniques of organic cultivation and forgotten or little-known vegetables, the discovery promises to be fertile.
ANIMALS
The museum presents domestic breeds: Comtois horses, sheep, goats, donkeys, poultry, etc. There are also six beehives.
THE ENVIRONMENT
Discover a landscaped park and follow the paths that will take you from the pond to the orchard, through the undergrowth and hedges populated by wildlife.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Living, eating, managing resources, preserving the environment, these are all questions to ask in order to better project ourselves into the 21st century. What if the museum was a source of inspiration through the presentation of its collections?