Alongside the pottery and beekeeping workshops, our museum benefits from another space dedicated to an ancestral skill: that of basketry. Ours volunteers at the museum will be delighted to share their knowledge of this little-known craft with you during your visit. To do so, they will start by explaining the history of the plants used (wicker, rye, straw, oats, etc.) in their craft, as well as the favored methods to prepare them (growth, harvest, storage, pre-treatment, etc.). They will then tell you about the many purposes these products served in the old Breton countryside, depending on their mobility (movable wickerwork or static straw/oatwork) and the use to which they were put by those who commissioned them (farm equipment, fishing traps, beehives, ‘bannettes’, etc.). Discovering basketry will also be the perfect opportunity for you to immerse yourself in the ups and downs of farm life in the past, as well as in the ingenious solutions that were often found, such as the use of split bramble as a wire, or the weaving done by the children of each household to lighten their parents' workload. Interested in this heritage? Our volunteers regularly offer pieces of their own craft for sale, as well as a number of workshops for children and adults alike!
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