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Museum of Eau-de-Vie and Ancient Crafts Set up in Hôtel de Thieuville, built from the 17th to the 19th century, the Museum of Eau-de-Vie and Ancient Crafts hosts multiple treasures of the local past, which you are invited to come and discover or rediscover. On the ground floor of the Museum of Eau-de-Vie and Ancient Crafts the different aspects of Calvados production and consumption can be seen. Distillation techniques and the history of the still are illustrated by a large collection of machines that used to belong to the ancient Duchemin distillery established in Valognes at the end of the 19th century. The restitution of a grocery-bar, where the traditional "café calva" was offered, gives the public the opportunity to experience the atmosphere of a rural country store of grandma's times. On the first floor collections of headdresses and lace and rooms showing stone, wood and metal works follow one after the other. There also is a large space arrangement showing tannery and leatherworks. Three temporary exhibition rooms complete the permanent collection with the presentation of thematic selections of traditional Cotentin materials and know-how. |