Salagon: visits for school and activity centre groups and young people

Salagon offers tailored solutions and workshops for young people from kindergarten through to upper senior school.

The Salagon learning department and the educational coordinator are here to help organise guided visits, educational workshops and class art, culture and heritage projects.

Distillation de plantes aromatiques, initiation à la botanique, parfum d'histoire...Le service éducatif propose des étaliers en liens avec plusieurs disciplines enseignées à l'école.
Les élèves découvrent les plantes dans le jardin médiéval. Ils découvrent la cuisine au Moyen-Age et élaborent une recette.
Les activités sont préparées par le service éducatif du musée de Salagon.
Le service éducatif du musée propose un programme adapté aux collégiens et lycéens, en cohérence avec les programmes scolaires. Objectif : découvrir et comprendre un territoire, son histoire et son environnement.
De la villa gallo-romaine au prieuré médiéval, les élèves découvrent l'architecture du monument et son histoire.
Salagon propose aux enseignants de collège d'organiser en début d'année une journée d'intégration.

3 reasons to visit Salagon with a school or non-school group

With the priory, museum and gardens, the site can meet a range of educational objectives across the curriculum: discovering and understanding the area, natural and cultural heritage awareness, discovering major periods of history.
Fun, varied educational tools (games, crafts, etc.) to capture young people's attention and make learning fun.
School visits and workshops are carefully prepared by the Salagon learning department and the educational coordinator. Our team is here to help if you require assistance with planning your visit and slotting it into the curriculum.

And also:

Opportunities for teachers to organise creative projects based around the Salagon site, in partnership with the Regional Cultural Affairs Department or the Regional Council (schemes include “One class, one work”, “Adopt a garden” and CVLA and the APERLA project for high school students and apprentices).
A high-quality attraction: the site is a listed historic monument and Musée de France, Remarkable Garden and Tourism Quality certified.
Fully equipped: facilities for the blind and visually impaired (raised-relief and Braille panels; tactile, olfactory and sound workshops), education room and a shaded picnic area.

Workshops for kindergarten and CP (ages 3-7) (French Cycle 1)

With a tour tailored to a chosen theme: "From aromatic plants to perfume" - "Flowers on your plate" - "Ink flowers".

Workshops for lower senior schools (ages 10-15)

Museum workshops :

"The story and architecture of Salagon from antiquity to today" - "Plants and cookery in the Middle Ages" - "Rural life: the landscapes of Haute-Provence" - "Chestnut trees and charcoal-burners".

Plant workshops :

"Scents of history" - "Travelling in a garden" - "From aromatic plants to perfume" - "From leaves to paper" - "Ink flowers".

Workshops for upper senior schools (ages 14-18)

Museum workshops:

"The story and architecture of Salagon from antiquity to today" - "From plant to plate through the ages" - "Plants and cookery in the Middle Ages".

Plant workshops:

"Scents of history" - "Plants and their uses, an immersion in ethnobotany" - "Ink flowers".

School groups: visits tailored by ability level

Useful information

The museum is open from 1 February to 15 December. Closed on Tuesdays from 1 October to 30 April, except during French zone B school holidays.
Duration of visit: 1 hour.
Workshop duration: 1 1/2 to 2 hours (schools), 2 1/2 hours (general public).
Reservations essential: + 33 (0)4 92 75 70 50
For further information, please contact the learning department: Louise Marin 04 92 75 70 50
The organisation of workshops and visits is dependent on the state of the vegetation in the garden.
Most workshops take place outdoors (please bring appropriate equipment) but can be held indoors in bad weather.