the museum of Solutré displays the findings of one of the richest prehistoric sites in Europe: for more than 25 000 years men from the late paleolithic – from 35 000 to 10 000 B.C – came there to hunt and cut up

thousands of horses and reindeers. An impressive quantity of bones can still be found in that place, hence the origin of the famous legend – which has been denied since – saying that hunters used to hurl horses down from the top of the rock.

Discover the history of viticultural tools from ancient times to present days. You'll be amazed at the cleverness displayed by our ancestors when they had to defend vine against its enemies. With automatons, sound-effects, projected images, special effects, striking animations created by more than 200 computerized projectors, the vigneroscope is more a live show than a museum, in which imagination symbols and history are brilliantly put together.

The museum was founded in 1924 by the Sâone et Loire County Council. The collections displayed were given by the Ecole de Trait des Compagnons charpentiers du devoir de liberté (a carpenter school), created in Romanèche-Thorins in 1870 by Pierre-François Guillon.

The museum presents the memories of the carpenter’s school and the numerous works of art it gave birth to.