Since its creation in 1968, the association ‘Maison Sauvagnarde’ have been managing and developing the Fourme and Traditions museum as well as organising cultural and touristic animations to  enliven the village.

About a hundred volunteers take turns to welcome tourists throughout the high season.

About twenty of them form the organization group in charge of all the projects.

Discover a traditional architecture, typical of the Forez, dating back from the 15th century. 

Explore the 800m2 divided into 12 thematic exhibitions.

Step through the doors of the Fourme and Traditions museum and discover life as it once was: the pastoral mountain, the manufacture of the Fourme, the harvesting of gentians and bilberries, ‘from rye to rye bread’, the hemp and the wool (spinning wheel collection), the pit sawyer, the clog making, the forge: the wheelwright and the farrier.       

Enjoy our lifelike reproduction of an authentic woodcutting saw and make the best out of our latest exhibition ‘the montain of Pierre sur Haute’ opened in 2024.