“A forbidding square tower blackened by the centuries and rooted in solid rock...” (Mauprat). Former feudal castle of the Chauvigny family, built in the fifteenth century, this three-storeyed square keep is now the home of the ‘George Sand and the Black Valley’ Museum. After being used as a prison for two centuries, it was turned into a museum in 1937.
  permanent exhibition on George Sand (manuscripts, photographs, letters, first editions) showing the work and political commitment of this writer.
  exhibition of traditional local artefacts : headdresses, pottery, paintings by artists of the Crozant-Gargilesse school (Osterlind, Maillaud, Madeline ...).
  Collection of some three thousand stuffed birds from around the world.

Open to the public. Guided tours on request.
Opening times : February to December 31st - Closed in January.
Tel. 02 54 48 36 79
musee.georgesand@wanadoo.fr

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