Museum of the Coutellerie

Nice practical exhibition

Due to a lack of time we had to skip part one of the museum. We went directly to the part 2 which is the practical workshop. It was an interesting display of the making of the knives.

Explanation only in French

Explanation here is only in French. This is made up of 2 buildings. One speaks about history of the region, city and its evolution. 2nd talks about how the knives were made in earlier days as compared...

Unexpectedly interesting insight into the cutlery industry.

We had no idea there was such large scale manufacturing of cutlery in this part of the world and found this museum very educational! There were a couple of talks in French first but then you could lo...

Excellent museums

Excellent museum with brilliant people doing the guiding! The two museums were very enlightening and we learnt so much about this ancient craft from real professionals!

The knives process

Very interesting museum about knives. Thiers is the capital of knives since the XVII century. During the visit, you are going to see how Thiers made itself so famous for its artcraft. You also can se...