Housed in an old Flemish farmstead, the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions has gathered together thousands of items pertaining to the history of the area and exhibits them in detailed tableaux depicting life in earlier times. A brazier for lighting tobacco pipes, a butter churn, a cream-separating jug for use when milking, a barrel organ and a camp-bed for a customs officer lying in wait for smugglers are just some of the many items on display that, in the early years of the last century, were part of the everyday lives of the people of this area but which have now disappeared from our modern world. A host of exhibits are on display in settings that have been reconstructed in minute detail: a weaver s workshop, a classroom, a cockfighting pit and a village tavern. Closed Mondays. Guided tours by appointment.
96, rue Francois Meriaux Phone: 03 20 45 19 09