Atelier-Musée du Chapeau

About

All the visits of the Hat museum are guided in the technical part (presentation of the stages to make a felt hat from the rabbit hair). Duration: 1h30: 1h of guided visit (including the hat-making demonstration) and 30 mn of free visit (synergetic trades and fashion gallery). The museography interacts constantly between the building and the hat. We will present you the stages to make a felt hat from rabbit hair with functioning machines and hat-making demonstration ; ant the synergetic trades: milliner, hat blocker, hat retailer, gilder. The fashion gallery presents hats in history from the Middle Ages to haute-couture creations: more than 400 headdresses exposed including models from Jean Paul Gaultier, Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, Hermes, ... and you can also try some hats and take a picture !

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes