La Maison d'École

Housed in a former school built in 1882 and a historic monument since 1996, this primary school museum (Musée de France) features two fully reconstructed classrooms, one circa 1900 and the other 1960. They tell the story of the development of primary education, from the Jules Ferry laws to the present day.
Entrance courtyard with a photo exhibition on the mining schools, which were state schools in 1900. 17 showcases displaying objects. Temporary exhibition room on science from 1880 to the present day. Temporary exhibition room on the architecture of the building and the architect Dulac.
Other highlights include
- Two life stories (photos, personal accounts, war diaries and correspondence) for schools and children: Antoine Chaînard, a schoolboy from the Saône-et-Loire school battalions in 1890, who died at Verdun in 1915, and Paul Constant Moutardier, a schoolboy from Montceau-les-Mines, a teacher at Mâcon, a teacher at Montceau who was mobilised in 1915 and died at Compiègne in 1918.
- A 1914/1918 historical classroom (display of schoolboy and schoolgirl costumes, period teacher, 1917 posters and blackboards).
- A classroom for pen-and-ink activities for children, schoolchildren and adults.
The museum is twinned with a School Heritage Resource Centre, with 20,000 documents and objects available for consultation.

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