AMV- atelier-musée du verre - site de l'écomusée de l'avesnois — Attraction in Avesnes-sur-Helpe

Very friendly people. Although we didn't want to wait for the guided tour (because it was only in French), they gave us some information about the museum beforehand. Somewhere in the middle of our visit, one of the guides came to us and gave us some more information.

They have a large screen with a joystick so you can virtually walk around in the building of so many years ago. You can see people blowing glass bottles. The quality of the animation wasn't the best, but you could clearly see how everything worked. You didn't even need a guide (although a guided visit would be a plus).

Then at the end of our visit, we could see a demonstration of 2 people blowing several types of glass. They gave us some more information on what they were doing, and the steps in the process. Eventually they also showed us some different techniques to do it.

The toilets could get some updates though, the toilet doors don't really close the well.

I really liked the time at the museum and I think I learned several things from...

Large post industrial complex with many big buildings. The atelier is an impressive large hall featuring many ovens which was nice to experience . The demonstration is funnto watch if you have never seen this before. Nog glassblowing seen, only creation af a glass by rotation. Hard to understand due to acoustics and noise of the ovens. Exhibition is only in French and mostly showing the craftsmanship of glassware, less on the arts. Not sure if related, but the nearby brasserie refused to only serve drinks after our visit, it was only possible to consume something when also eating. Overall...

Merci à Laurent pour sa passion de ce lieu. À faire absolument avec le visite guidée sans laquelle on passe à côté de plein de détails captivants. On a pu découvrir les outils, les méthodes, mais aussi la vie de ces ouvriers du 19e et 20e siècles. On serait resté des heures à regarder les artistes verriers, Emy et Alizée (oui, quand on voit ce qu'elles font, c'est le bon mot) tester la production de "l'abreuvoir à escargots". Pas facile, bon courage. Votre ténacité va payer et ce sera une pièce magnifique. Dommage d'habiter trop loin pour la voir terminée. Faites aussi en même temps le musée du textile à Fourmies avec le pass pour faire les deux musées. Métier différent, même...