How to reach the tourist office?
Saturday 20 September 2025 from 2 pm.
2pm Visit by Jean-François Lyon-Caen (Saturday subject to confirmation),
15:30 Discussions with Claudine Barrioz and Dominique Abry-Deffayet
Discover the ecomuseum only by following one of the suggested tours, free admission for the exhibition in tribute to Pierre (1919-2006) and Simone Déchavassine (1932-2024).
Meetings free of charge, memberships or donations to the Friends of the Clos Parchet Farm association welcome.
All autumn
Visits possible during normal opening hours and private tours on request.
Sunday 21 September 2025 from 2 pm.
2pm Visit by Jean-François Lyon-Caen (Saturday subject to confirmation),
15:30 Discussions with Claudine Barrioz and Dominique Abry-Deffayet
Discover the ecomuseum only by following one of the suggested tours, free admission for the exhibition in tribute to Pierre (1919-2006) and Simone Déchavassine (1932-2024).
Meetings free of charge, memberships or donations to the Friends of the Clos Parchet Farm association welcome.
All autumn
Visits possible during normal opening hours and private tours on request.
Dates to be confirmed.
Free entry. Conference and tours free of charge, donations to the Friends of the Clos Parchet Farm association welcome.
Free admission to the exhibition in tribute to Pierre (1919-2006) and Simone Déchavassine (1932-2024).
Meetings free of charge, memberships or donations to the Friends of the Clos Parchet Farm association welcome.
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days on the theme of Architectural Heritage, the Friends of Clos Parchet invite you to this afternoon of visits and discussions on the spatial and constructive composition of the Savoyard peasant house.
Visit and discussion with Jean-François Lyon-Caen (architect, ENSAG), Claudine Barrioz (Maisons Paysannes) and Dominique Abry-Deffayet (ethnolinguist).
On the occasion of the 2025 European Heritage Days on the theme of Architectural Heritage, the Friends of the Clos Parchet Ecomuseum Farm invite you to this afternoon of visits and discussions on the spatial and constructive composition of the Savoyard peasant house.
Jean-François Lyon-Caen is an architect and founder of the "Mountains, Architecture and Landscape" research master's program at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Grenoble (ENSAG). Claudine Barrioz is departmental delegate for the Pays de Savoie region of Maisons Paysannes de France, a national association for the preservation of built and landscaped rural heritage. Dominique Abry-Deffayet is an ethnolinguist. Together, they will present the specific features of local materials and traditional architecture in the Giffre valley.
Complément de localisationOn the Joux Plane pass road.
Summer courses: traditional Savoy songs, wood carving, water colour memories of holidays, traditional woodworking Reduction for larger families. (Third child free.)
Pets welcome
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