Prehistoric activities

How did prehistoric people light their fires? What hunting techniques did they use? In order to discover our ancestor’s life style, our guides invite you every day to attend our various outdoor demonstrations and workshops.

Spring holidays and French bank holidays

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The secrets of fire demonstration

Rediscover our ancestors' skills! Our activities team invites you to a fire-making demonstration, featuring various prehistoric techniques. Be it using percussion techniques or using a bow-drill, admire the magical appearance of the flame!
Free access, included in the Grand Site pass. Only in French. Duration : 30 min.

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Mercredi et samedi : Atelier peinture rupestre

Prehistoric workshop

Immerse yourself in prehistory by trying out the techniques of our ancestors. Everyday, a different workshop takes place at the museum : hunting with assegais, prehistoric jewellery or cave painting.
How did prehistoric men and women make their pigments? What materials did they use to make ornaments and jewellery ? How do they cut a pearl from a shell? What methods did they use to hunt in the desert steppes of the Ardèche?
Turn yourself into a Cro-Magnon and leave with your own creation!
All afternoon. Open to all (jewellery and painting from age 5, hunting from age 7).
Free access, included in the Grand Site Pass. Only in French. Duration : 20 min.

Summer holidays

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Crea'Magnon workshop

Re-live Prehistory and try out our ancestors' techniques. Every day, a different workshop is proposed (parietal art, pottery, hunting, etc.) Transform yourself into a Cro-Magnon and leave with your creation!
Rate : 5€/person.
Monday : leather purse / Sunday : cave painting / Wednesday and Friday : necklace making / Monday, Thursday and Saturday : Neolithic pottery.
Everyday at 10.15. Duration : 1.15. Extra charge : 5€ per person. Adult and child can take part in the workshop. Free for accompanying parent. This workshop is only in french.

Book online
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Démonstration les Secrets du feu

The secrets of fire demonstration

Rediscover our ancestors' skills! Our activities team invites you to a fire-making demonstration, featuring various prehistoric techniques. Be it using percussion techniques or using a bow-drill, admire the magical appearance of the flame!
Free access, included in the Grand Site pass. Only in French. Duration : 30 min.

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Prehistoric hunting workshop

Discover the reconstitution of prehistoric weapons and learn to hunt with assegai spears and a lance thrower. Who will hit the mouflon target and eat tonight?
All afternnon. Free access, included in the Grand Site pass. Only in French. Duration : 30 min. Open to all (from 7).

Autumn holidays

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Démonstration les Secrets du feu

The secrets of fire demonstration

Rediscover our ancestors' skills! Our activities team invites you to a fire-making demonstration, featuring various prehistoric techniques. Be it using percussion techniques or using a bow-drill, admire the magical appearance of the flame!
Free access, included in the Grand Site pass. Only in French. Duration : 30 min.

atelier_peinture_cite_prehistoire_aven_d_orgnac_ardeche_bd(2).jpg
Mercredi et samedi : Atelier peinture rupestre

Crea'Magnon workshop

Immerse yourself in Prehistory by experimenting the techniques of our ancestors. Discover what they were able to do with the materials found in nature around them. And then it's off to play: making pretty beads from seashells, making paint from ochre or charcoal, modelling a lovely clay bowl...
There's a different workshop everyday: prehistoric jewellery, leather purses, Neolithic painting or pottery.

Book online