Workshops 7-10 years
Registration required
Unaccompanied children
Bust modelling
Is a portrait necessarily a painting or a drawing? What is its function? What elements make it up? The visit will explore the concept of the portrait in our collections, followed by a workshop in which we will model a small clay bust.
Wednesdays 11 December and 5 February, Friday 25 April at 2.30pm
Hieroglyphics
Discover ancient Egypt and its unique script, hieroglyphics.
Experiment in a workshop using a calamus on papyrus.
Friday 25 October, Wednesday 15 January, Saturday 29 March at 2.30pm
Neolithic pot modelling
From hunter-gatherer to pot-modelling farmer, it's (almost) only a matter of a few thousand years! Take a Palaeo-Neolithic tour and learn how the first prehistoric potters modelled their pottery.
Saturday 25 January and Wednesday 12 March at 2.30pm
Oil lamp modelling
Take a tour of the museum's archaeological sector, and immerse yourself in the daily life of the Gallo-Romans, using decorative elements and objects from the kitchen to the bedroom. Then come and create your own
clay oil lamp to decorate your home.
Saturday 23 November, Friday 28 February, Wednesday 2 April at 2.30pm
Saturday 18 January and Sunday 19 January at 2pm (Drôlement bien Festival)
Medusa modelling
From Medusa to the Vulture, from Hercules to Theseus, discover the ancient myths, legends, monsters and heroes that populate the works in the museum. Then create your own clay jellyfish head in bas-relief.
Wednesday 13 November and Friday 7 March at 2.30pm
Saturday 18 January and Sunday 19 January at 2pm (Drôlement bien Festival)
Creative workshop for the festive season
NEW
After a guided tour of the museum's ancient works, come and create your own greetings card in the form of a metal ex-voto to be embossed.
Fridays 27 December and 3 January at 2.30pm
