Around the collection of Decorative Arts from the 17th and 18th centuries

Look for the little beast!

This workshop-visit invites children to discover the museum from “its fauna”, to observe the animals represented on the furniture and decorative arts objects from the 17th and 18th centuries. From the stuffed specimens and realistic, stylized or imaginary little animals hidden in the furniture, earthenware and tapestries decorations of the permanent collections, the young visitors create a decoration of plates in the style of earthenware makers. This visit-workshop makes children aware of life, biodiversity and the role of these animals in our ecosystem.

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What wood are you made of?

After having discovered exceptional furniture (secretary, happiness of the day, Dutch cabinet ...) and having familiarized themselves with the woods that constitute them, the children create an ornamental motif, inspired by the floral decoration of 18th century marquetry. century. Numerous samples of wood to distinguish the different species.

Create your decorative composition!

This activity proposes to imagine a decoration from the observations made during the visit in the former residence of the collector Louis Vouland among the inlaid furniture, the interior objects and the tapestries. With a material approach, through the touch and manipulation of the shapes and patterns they create during the workshop, the children invent a visual universe with exotic shapes reminiscent of that of stylized nature in the decorations of the 17th century Decorative Arts pieces. and eighteenth centuries.

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Visits-workshops from 7 years old