Fodor's Expert Review Musée du Compagnonnage

Tours History Museum

Housed in the cloisters of the 13th-century church of St-Julien, this collection honors the Compagnonnage, a sort of apprenticeship-cum-trade-union system. On display you'll see virtuoso 19th-century works produced by candidates for guild membership, some of them eccentric (an Eiffel Tower made of slate, for instance, and a château constructed of varnished noodles).

History Museum

Quick Facts

8 rue Nationale
Tours, Centre-Val de Loire  37000, France

02–47–21–62–20

www.museecompagnonnage.fr

Sight Details:
Rate Includes: €6.20, Closed Tues.

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