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CULTURE & ANCIENT SKILLSThe Limousin region has earned worldwide fame for craftsmanship: enamelling, porcelain, tapestry , weaving , leathercraft and accordion making. A number of workshops and factories give guided visits to see how the famous china is really made or to discover the secrets of enamelling, traditional papermaking, tanning and leatherwork. Porcelain:The national china museum Adrien Dubouche, Limoges, displays unique collections of Limoges porcelain and of china from all over the world. www.musee-adriendubouche.fr
At the Bernardaud foundation, Limoges, you can buy china at bargain prices, bridge the gap between ancient and modern china and also watch the production and decorating techniques of porcelain craft-workers. www.medarddenoblat.com Papermaking: Watch the ancient craft of papermaking at the Moulin du Got,at Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat. www.moulindugot.com Tapestry:Visit the tapestry museum, Musee Departmental de la Tapisserie, at Aubusson. ART
Eymoutiers has some of the finest examples of mediaeval building in the region. Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges in 1841 where he began his artistic career painting the world famous Limoges china. The Musee de la’Eveche in Limoges displays paintings by Renoir as well as Egyptian collections and enamels dating back to the 12th century. CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRES
Rochequart Renaissance Castle in Rochequart houses the Museum of Contemporary Art .www.musee-rochechouart.com Centre of Contemporary Art: Ile de Vassiviere at Lake Vassiviere. Fonds Regional d’Art Contemoporain at Impasse de Charante, Limoges. MUSEUMS and INTERPRETATIVE CENTRESOradour-sur-Glane
Museums of the Resistance in Limoges and Peyrat commemorate the exploits of the region’s maquis, who liberated Limoges this part of France in 1944. Musee Rene Bouberot in Chateauponsac: 24 rooms show carefully reconstructed lively scenes of XIX century life in this Limousin region. Meteorite Centre in Rochehouart has an exhibition on the huge meteorite that landed here. Minerology Museum in Eymoutiers exhibits collections of stones, gold and other minerals from this former mining area and from all over the world. |
At the cultural centre of the Royal Limoges china , rue Donzelot Limoges, you can watch the whole process of china making today, 
Art lovers and artists will enjoy this region’s serious share of museums dedicated to all periods of art. The region is dotted with authentic small towns and little villages where the art and architecture of previous centuries is carefully preserved in chateaus, houses and churches.
Paul Robeyrolle Centre in Eymoutiers presents the art and sculptures of Paul Robeyrolle (1926-2005), one of the major painters of the twentieth century. Paul Rebyrolle was born in Eymoutiers.
In June 1944 the entire population of Oradour-sur-Glane was brutally massacred by retreating German troops. The village is preserved fully intact as it was left after the massacre . Adjoining it is a very interesting interpretative centre.
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