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SPECIAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL OFFER

This Saturday, October 11, take advantage of the science festival to visit the Urêka museum at a preferential rate!

Adult €5 instead of €8

Free for visitors under 18 years old

Dive into the world of mining and scientific research through this fun museum!

On September 20 & 21, 2025 , take advantage of the reduced rate to visit URÊKA, the interactive mining museum !

👨‍👩‍👧 Sunday, in addition to the visit, special family programming from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m (in French only) .:

💥 storytelling interludes in the footsteps of Boutefeu

💎 Geological stand with games to discover the place of minerals in our daily lives with little souvenirs to win.

🟢 No reservation required, price €5 per adult , free for visitors under-18 y.o.

Looking forward to see you there!
 

On August 30, 2025, the Urêka Museum offers a special program dedicated to kaolin and porcelain:

• 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. - two departures for the guided tour of the temporary exhibition "Kaolin, from quarry to porcelain." Through this tour, narrated in two voices by our volunteers, immerse yourself in the fascinating world of kaolin, this white rock which, after extraction and transformation, becomes one of the jewels of ceramic art - porcelain. This material, at the heart of the industrial and artisanal history of Limousin, will be presented in its geological, technical, cultural and artistic dimensions by the two passionate speakers: Christiane Gady, SVT teacher, and Marie-Noêlle Carado, tour guide.

Free, reservation required, duration approximately 45 min.

• 6:00 p.m. - conference "Kaolin and petunze in Limousin in the 19th century" by François Xavier CHATENET, member of the Limousin Geology Society. It is no secret that Limoges owes its prosperity to the porcelain industry, thanks to the discovery of kaolin near Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche in 1769. However, many other deposits exist in Limousin, each with its own specificities. In addition, many other less famous regional rocks were necessary for the composition of porcelain: pegmatite from the Ambazac and Vigen mountains, quartz from Dorat and Saint-Quentin, etc. Their extraction and mineral processing occupied nearly a thousand people for a century.

The lecture will take place in the museum's auditorium. Free, reservations required, and last approximately 1 hour.

From July 2 to Sept 21 2025 , come and discover the new temporary exhibition at the Urêka Museum.

Through a series of explanatory panels and a conference, immerse yourself in the fascinating world of kaolin, this white rock which, after extraction and transformation, becomes one of the jewels of ceramic art – porcelain. The tour is accompanied by an exhibition of porcelain works created by the ceramist Aurélie Vrignon (l'Atelier du Blanc) . Her creations – elegant vases, everyday objects with clean lines, sculptural pieces inspired by plants – interact with the material and reveal the finesse and transparency characteristic of Limousin porcelain.

An immersion at the crossroads of science, nature and art not to be missed!

As part of European Museum Night, enjoy free admission to discover Urêka, the interactive mining museum. On May 17, admission is free from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

During the Christmas holidays , the Urêka Museum will be open :

• from Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 December from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• from Wednesday 28 to Friday 30 December from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Guided tours: December 22 and 29 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Closed for holidays from December 31 to January 11.

We wish you a very happy holiday season!