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Patrimoine & Culture
Musée de la Coutellerie
📍 Nogent, Haute-Marne
· Place Charles de Gaulle, 52800 Nogent
À propos
"It's a beautiful knife? but it's a Nogent!" exclaims Roubaud's character in Jean Renoir's film "La bête humaine" (1938).
The town of Nogent - where the name Nogent-en-Bassigny has not been used since 1972 - has acquired a solid reputation, since its name alone is enough to identify a quality cutlery factory; refinement and diversity are the hallmarks of this world-renowned cutlery, sought after by some of France?s greatest names (Christofle, Hermès, Ercuis, Puiforcat, etc.).
The Musée de la Coutellerie has been created to showcase this heritage, and presents the technical and social history of this traditional activity, from the 18th century to the present day, in a modern setting. The museum?s collections reflect the refinement and diversity of this craft, and include cutlery for clasps, tables, crafts, hand tools, chisels, surgical instruments and toiletries. Housed in a former cutlery factory, the museum also showcases new technologies, the fruit of traditional know-how that is now being revitalized.
Videos, audio guides (FR, GB, NL, D).
Bookshop: specialist books and magazines on cutlery; postcards; by-products; various items of cutlery (folding, table and chisel cutlery, etc.) made in the Nogent region.
Workshops and educational activities led by a cultural mediator.
The town of Nogent - where the name Nogent-en-Bassigny has not been used since 1972 - has acquired a solid reputation, since its name alone is enough to identify a quality cutlery factory; refinement and diversity are the hallmarks of this world-renowned cutlery, sought after by some of France?s greatest names (Christofle, Hermès, Ercuis, Puiforcat, etc.).
The Musée de la Coutellerie has been created to showcase this heritage, and presents the technical and social history of this traditional activity, from the 18th century to the present day, in a modern setting. The museum?s collections reflect the refinement and diversity of this craft, and include cutlery for clasps, tables, crafts, hand tools, chisels, surgical instruments and toiletries. Housed in a former cutlery factory, the museum also showcases new technologies, the fruit of traditional know-how that is now being revitalized.
Videos, audio guides (FR, GB, NL, D).
Bookshop: specialist books and magazines on cutlery; postcards; by-products; various items of cutlery (folding, table and chisel cutlery, etc.) made in the Nogent region.
Workshops and educational activities led by a cultural mediator.
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