The Bugey Valromey Museum

At the foot of the Grand Colombier, the Bugey Valromey museum invites you to have a look at the cultural heritage of Brillat-Savarin’s country through rich ethnographic, historical and artistic collections presenting Bugey’s geography, its famous people and the daily life of its inhabitants through the ages.

A museum about history and people

of Bugey

A museum to discover the different faces of Bugey and understand local life and activities: crafts, customs, famous people, wildlife, landscape…

At the gates of Lyon, Switzerland and Savoy, a few kilometers away from the vineyards, the Bugey-Valromey museum invites you to discover the different aspects of Bugey in the past and today.

Its collections and reconstructions spread out in a Renaissance house and its museography is an invitation to look at this mid-mountain society.

The wood, always being an important part of life in this area, is omnipresent in its collections: tools, machines, toys, a turner’s workshop… but also with one of the largest collections of turned wood artworks.

Bugey is also a territory of nature, the panorama from the museum is a beautiful example. From time immemorial, its landscapes have inspired artists and its valleys have inspired hikers.

A rich program combining quality and conviviality punctuates the season for all tastes and all ages.

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Photo Expositions Musée du Bugey Valromey à Lochieu

The museum has a unique public collection in France of nearly 200 turned wood works, created by French and international artists.

The technique of woodturning is ancestral in Bugey, mainly for the manufacture of utility objects on farms in winter, before experiencing significant growth in the 19th century with the establishment of industrial turning mills in Haut-Bugey.

The pieces exhibited at the museum pay homage to this long evolution of know-how.
Contemporary creations demonstrate the great diversity of art woodturning, between artisanal know-how and new technologies.

The agenda of the Bugey Valromey Museum

The Bugey region offers a natural setting ideal for walks and picnics.

Tables are available for picnicking with family or friends while enjoying the panorama of the Bugey region and the summit of Grand Colombier. In the summer, wooden games and hammocks are freely accessible in the park.

The visit to the museum can be completed with a walk to the Pain de Sucre (Sugarloaf) waterfall, located 2.5 km on foot from Lochieu.

Open from March 15 to November 15
Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Exceptional closure on May 1st

On the calendar

19Mar

Atelier sensoriel Lumières du sous-bois

23Mar

Visite guidée de l'exposition de tournage d'art sur bois

23Apr

Atelier Initiation à la teinture végétale, avec les Ateliers du temps pour soi

26Apr

Conférence Le patois du Valromey et du Bugey

30Apr

Atelier Les coulisses du musée

17May

Nuit européenne des musées - Soirée festive au musée du Bugey-Valromey

30May

Escape game Les secrets de la maison

24Apr

Visite guidée de l'exposition temporaire Les coulisses d'un musée

9Jul

Atelier couture, avec Couture Cécile Créations

16Jul

Atelier Symboles mystérieux des artisans du bois

23Jul

Atelier Le petit herboriste, avec Les Demoiselles du Plateau

6Aug

Atelier Game design : les coulisses d'un escape game

30Jul

Atelier Votre conte illustré !

17Jul

Balade guidée jusqu'à la cascade du Pain de Sucre

20Aug

Atelier filer, tisser, corder, avec les Ateliers du temps pour soi

24Jul

Visite guidée du village de Lochieu

27Aug

Atelier La vie secrète des objets

6Sep

"Secrets et mystères du Grand Colombier" hiking trail

13Sep

Stage Lecture à voix haute

10Jul

Visite guidée de l'exposition de tournage d'art sur bois

29Oct

Atelier Lanternes de l'automne

Focus on...

The Museum of the Resistance and Deportation

To visit in the region

At the heart of a territory full of history, in the former prison of the city of Nantua, the Resistance museum invites you to a lively and accessible journey on the Second World War in Ain and in France.

The various themes are illustrated by an exceptional collection originally assembled by protagonists of the time. Posters, everyday objects, uniforms, testimonies… perpetuate the work of memory.

Guided tours, flash visits, workshops, animations for families, conferences, exhibitions… many animations are organized from March to November.

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The Valromey dairy

The Comté from Valromey

A few steps away from the Bugey Valromey Museum in Lochieu, discover a dairy production at the Fruitière du Valromey.

Equipped with a tour area explaining the making of Comté, an exhibition room and a store, the Fruitière du Valromey sells Comté, tomme, raclette, butter, cream and fromage blanc.