Welcome to the Écomusée du Haut-Beaujolais, a living testimony to history and know-how.
We know all about museums, with their collections of works of art, and the Beaujolais region, famous for its vineyards… but what about the Écomusée du Haut-Beaujolais?
Like any museum, an ecomuseum’s vocation is to collect, conserve, study and pass on information. However, it also has a social and unifying mission: to showcase the cultural and natural heritage of an area thanks to the people who live there or have lived there. You are about to discover the heritage of the Haut-Beaujolais, an area with unclear administrative and historical boundaries, but which finds its unity in a shared history and traditions. The adventure of the textile industry, the main theme of the exhibition, is not the only component of the local heritage, but it is nevertheless an essential key to understanding its identity.
The Écomusée du Haut-Beaujolais is much more than just this exhibition: it’s a multi-faceted, evolving project, designed to create links between local people and invite them to take part. Enter this place of shared memory, reflection and dialogue between past and present.
