In Valravillon, Yonne, the Laduz Museum of Folk Art is a true place of remembrance and heritage preservation that documents the daily life of rural civilisation. Through their eclectic collections, representing 50 years of research and collecting, the painter Raymond Humbert and his wife Jacqueline have taken a nostalgic and poetic look at life in the countryside before 1914.
Popular creativity is exemplified by thousands of objects, works of art and sculptures, more or less unusual, representing the diverse and varied trades of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. The wonderful antique toy room will be of interest to all ages. Children will be wide-eyed in front of the countless wooden, metal and cardboard toys, arranged by theme, and their grandparents will be moved by the memories they bring back.
Laduz Museum also hosts exhibitions of work by contemporary artists on the theme of folk art and crafts using simple and modest materials. Alongside this, it offers creative workshops for children using different materials such as wood, stone, weaving fibres and plants.
