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Cairn.
Center for Archaeological Research Initiation and the
Neolithic
St.Hiaire la Foret. Tel 02 51 33 38 38
Visit the Cairn
- Stone Age Museum, set in over 7 acres of parkland at
Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt near Avrille.
See how Neolithic Man built the first
dwellings, made fires and discovered how to knap flint
Take part in activity
workshops such as making pottery, ornaments and art or trying some Neolithic
Face painting
There is something for all the family here.
This is a
living museum, it is fun and educational, and you can explore the full sensation
of prehistoric living by transporting yourself back 5,000 years and putting
yourself in the shoes of prehistoric man. Experience making fire without
matches, participate in interactive workshops, such as demonstrations of
hunting, flint knapping, and visit the reconstruction of a prehistoric house and
a dolmen.
In a green setting of 7 acres, you can visit a Neolithic house
of mud and reed and the reconstruction of a dolmen. The interior space includes
showrooms on Neolithic megaliths, audiovisual animations, models and a
specialised library.
There are demonstrations of lighting fires without
matches, prehistoric hunting with bow and arrows, spears and propellants,
together with the techniques of moving and lifting of menhirs. You can also see
the Neolithic polished stone used to make tools agricultural ploughs, sickles,
hoes, axes. All of this is waiting for you to discover at Cairn, Saint Hilaire
la Forêt.
The new exhibition 2011: "In Search of the
Past"
Educational exhibit developed by the Museum of Science and Industry
of La Villette. Who were our ancestors? What did they eat? How did they take
care of themselves? What were their tools? ... In this exhibition visitors will
try to answer these questions. Helped by the archaeological Kleo. Old &
young can use methods and tools to make objects speak so understanding our
past.
New 2011: The model of the displacement of
menhir.
Open;
4/4 to 30/9: 14:00 to 18:00 every day
except Saturday.
Adults: €5. Children: €4*. Special reductions: ** €
4.50. Children under 5 years old: Free
July / August: from 11:00 until
19:00 daily.
Adults: €7. Children: € 5*. Special reductions: ** €5.50.
Children under 5 years old: Free
Pass'Famille: Tickets for 2 adults + 2
children pay entries = €3 children free entry.
*: Between 5 and 14
years
** Unemployed / disabled / students upon presentation of
proof
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