MUSÉE DU CHARROI RURAL

Carts, transport, local crafts, agricultural tools and objects. Complete set of tools of local crafts. Audiovisual film. Wooden wheel museum.
Carts, transport, local crafts, agricultural tools and objects. Complete set of tools of local crafts. Audiovisual film. History and technology of the wheel and vehicles before motorisation (from animal-drawn vehicles to modern motorised vehicles. Evolution of the techniques and adaptations). Ethnology of the Ségala. Inaugurated in 1980, the museum occupies the old 19th century church of Saint Firmin. This museum presents a complete collection of carts, solid wood wheels or iron banded wheels, horse drawn vehicles etc... The video film presents the fabrication of a wheel and the making of clogs. Local association exhibition: Artisanat et Vie Rural (rural life and crafts). An ethnographic film on agriculture in the Rouergue (30 min). A dozen films on ancient crafts and ancient agricultural techniques. Wheels, vehicles, tools from all over the Rouergue.