European Heritage Days, Musée de l'Homme et de l'Industrie

Saturdays from 10am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 6.30pm: free tour of the museum
Come and discover or rediscover the museum's permanent collections! The tour highlights the history of the Château de la Verrerie, built under the Ancien Régime for crystal production, and the role of the Schneiders, the forge masters, in the development of the industrial and urban fabric of the town of Le Creusot. Paintings and models also immerse visitors in the world of work. There's also a temporary exhibition entitled "P. Leygonie, peintre, figuratif hors normes" (P. Leygonie, painter, figurative out of the ordinary), which retraces the artist's various creative periods.

Please note: there will be no tours of the small theatre and the underground galleries.

Sunday from 10am to 6.30pm: 50 years of the Creusot Montceau Ecomuseum!
Shows, concerts, birthday cake, piñata for children, time capsule, speeches by the ecomuseum's great witnesses, projections, etc. A joyful family atmosphere for a real birthday party!

La Baraque TV will be on hand to ask you what you'd like to see in the Creusot Montceau Ecomuseum of tomorrow! Want to play? Set up wooden games to play with family and friends...

Feeling peckish? There's a catering area for sweet and savoury snacks. Local heritage associations will be present.
On the programme:
- 10.30am: a talk by key figures on the history of the creation of the Creusot Montceau Ecomuseum;
- 12pm: "Territoire en fête", a theatrical tour with legendary guides;
- 1.30pm: Musical performance by the Montceau-les-Mines and Le Creusot brass band;
- 2.30pm: "Territoire en fête", theatrical walk with legendary guides;
- 3.30pm: "Territoire en fête", a theatrical tour with legendary guides, followed by the opening of the piñata at the Écomusée;
- 5pm: "Territoire en fête", a theatrical tour with legendary guides, followed by the closing of the time capsule specially made by the Lycée Léon Blum's Bac Pro boiler-making technician for the Écomusée's 50th anniversary;
- 6pm: musical finale to round off this anniversary day with the Creusot brass band.

As a reminder, a time capsule is being made by students and a teacher from the BAC PRO boilermaker technician course at the Lycée Léon Blum in Le Creusot. You are invited to drop off any objects, texts or photos that bear witness to our times for future generations.
The capsule will be closed on Sunday 22 September at the Château de la Verrerie and will not be reopened until 2074.
There are several collection points where you can leave your messages and/or objects:
- at the Musée de l'Homme et de l'Industrie in Le Creusot ;
- the Villa Perrusson in Écuisses.
- in the media centres and libraries of the Creusot Montceau Urban Community.
The museum and the Villa Perrusson are open until 22 September. In the case of
media centres and libraries until 14 September.

Please note: there will be no tours of the Petit Théâtre and the underground passageways.