Having a concern to share the heritage of their ancestors as much as the creativity of their contemporaries, the people of the Vosges show off their traditions and their know-how in nearly forty different places where people can see new things in terms of nature, humanity, history, handicrafts and art. Just a few examples. Inescapable, traditional, unusual or magnificent invitations to learn more about our culture:

Épinal
Website: www.ville-epinal.fr

The Departmental Gallery of Classic and Contemporary Art
Website: www.vosges.fr

It is home to various collections, and in particular:
• Archaeology (prehistory, bronze and iron ages, the Celtic and Gallo-Roman period and the Mediaeval period)
• Early religious sculptures
• Ethnography
• French and international prints for the general public
• Classic paintings (17th and 18th centuries: Italian, French and Northern schools)
• Contemporary art


Hennezel
Website : http://membres.lycos.fr/saonelorraineassocia/

The Iron, Glass and Wood Museum
Finding out about the former activities of forest dwellers: glass, iron, wood and embroidery. These testimonies to know-how over five centuries are presented in display cases and by models, photographs and hundreds of objects: pieces of glasswork and tools, together with reminders of Resistance activity in the forest (1943-1944).
One room is given over to the glasswork artist François-Théodore LEGRAS (1839-1916) who was an apprentice in the Clairey glassworks.


Mandray
Website : http://membres.lycos.fr/hautfer/histoire-HF.html

The Village Sawmill in Haut-Fer and a tour around the historic farmhouses in Mandray
(architecture and decoration)
La Basse-Mandray
Reaching the village on the road which comes from Saulcy-sur-Meurthe, 200 m after the signboard, second street on the left.
All the year round, by appointment for groups.


Le Thillot
Website: http://hautes_mynes.monsite.wanadoo.fr

The Hautes-Mynes Copper Mines Centre
Learn about the life of the copper miners who worked for the Dukes of Lorraine and walk in their footsteps through the galleries and see the shafts and the spoil tips which date from the 16th and 17th centuries. Two types of visit are possible: one is for all the family, and the other, more athletic, takes you through the underground network to the “Rouge-Montagne” mine. Helmets and lamps are supplied. You’ll need good shoes.

After seeing the Hautes-Mynes Copper Mines Centre exhibition, you get a fuller picture by visiting the mine, and seeing the equipment, models, tools and videos.
Particularly interesting items: an exceptional piece of pumping machinery made of wood, copper and cast iron, dating from the 17th century.