Villeneuve-d'AscqVilleneuve-d'AscqGuide of the NordGuide of the NordTravel Guide > France > Nord-Pas-de-Calais > Nord > Villeneuve-d'AscqTechnopole which boasts numerous green spaces, Villeneuve-d'Ascq offers a wide choice of cultural places of interest to discover. The Modern Art museum of Villeneuve-d'Ascq is home to works of contemporary artists, such as Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Fernand Léger, Joan Miró… The Mills museum offers to discover the world of watermills and windmills through the visit of a linseed oil mill and a flour mill. On a thirteen-hectare park, the Open Air museum gathers about twenty traditional buildings, such as thatched cottages, workshops, and barns. It gives the opportunity to discover the architecture of the rural heritage. The Terroir museum, housed in a farm of the 18th century, evokes the rural life of former times through an exhibition of antiques of the daily life and reconstructions of insides.
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