Prehistoric engraving workshop

⭐ LA SABLINE MUSEUM
📍 Lussac-les-Châteaux
⏱️ 2h
🗓️ Every Thursday during school holidays at 10 a.m.
💰 €3 per person
🎂 From 5 years old
🎟️ Reservation required

Live my life as an archaeologist

One thing's for sure: Dad means business when it comes to finding a fun activity to share. Fun is serious business! After a long search, he came across the great Musée de la Sabline, dedicated to the region's Paleolithic history. The Paleolithic? It's the first period of Prehistory. It's also called the Stone Age, as your guide explains in the museum galleries. Around you, you can see precious tools, stones, and remains from that era, 14.000 years ago! That's a lot of birthday parties. Amazed, the whole family imagines themselves with animal skins and flints, trying as best they can to make a fire to hunt wild animals. We'll stay in the 21st century after all.

After the theory, it's time for practice with the museum's engraving workshop. Everyone settles in, eager to get hands-on. Your guide finally brings you lots of antique objects that you can touch, test, and examine up close. Dad notices the engraved designs on them. It's your turn to try!

A workshop engraved in memories

Everyone grabs their chosen tools and delicately begins drawing on stone. The little ones stick out their tongues to better concentrate, while Dad thinks he's the Picasso of Paleo and can't stop. Even if the task isn't easy, everyone plays along before swapping their respective works. A horse? A bison? A dwarf mammoth? We promised we wouldn't laugh!

After the engraving workshop, head to the Grotte de la Marche. This is where archaeologists found the tools on display in the museum. It's incredible to think that humans once lived here, right where we stand. A fitting end to our visit on a high note.