Workshop "Life on the construction site"
The king is looking for builders for his construction site at the Royal Fortress of Chinon! Will you be able to meet the challenge of building a castle? Join your trade (carpenters, rope makers...) and find out by yourself how to solve the technical difficulties of a medieval building site.
Grab your tools and experiment with the skills of your trade. Cooperation and ingenuity will be your allies in completing this mission.
- Audience: Study cycle 3 - Study cycle 4
- Duration: the day (4 hours of activities in total)
- Price: €8 per student (entrance fee included)
Machine de levage - Crédit : Nathaelle Brouwers
"Minting" Workshop
The king has just opened a monetary workshop in Chinon: after having reviewed the different types of exchanges from earliest times to the present day and having learned about striking coins, the students faithfully reproduce a Gros, known as "Florette of Charles VI".
- Audience: Study cycle 2 - Study cycle 3
- Duration: 1h15 (allow an extra 1 hour for the self-guided tour of the royal dwellings and towers)
- Price: €4 per student (entrance fee included)