Interior peasants

Several generations are gathered around a table set for a frugal meal. We can see there the means of heating: stove with wood or coal, heater, basin, monk and bricks.

Agricultural material

You can also see various planters and seeders. Plow, harrow and a whole set of agricultural tools.

Earthenware from Creil and Montereau

The adventure of these factories began in the 18th century to compete with English earthenware. They joined forces in 1840. In 1895, the Creil site closed and in 1920, the Creil et Montereau group was taken over by the owner of the Choisy-le-Roi factory under the name of HBCM.

The bedroom

Curtain bed, rocking cradle. On the dresser the portraits and family memories and protected by its glass globe, the bride's bouquet loaded with all its symbols.

After the baptism reception in the garden

This scene is composed to present the bourgeois costumes of the time.

The bourgeois living room

All the furniture is from the region, period objects and costumes.

The jet ornaments

It was in the second half of the 19th century that jet was widely used, especially in mourning jewelry: necklaces, earrings and shoes, brooches, bracelets...

The milliner

The milliner makes and sells hats made of felt, straw, various fabrics and adorns them with flowers, feathers or ribbons.

The washer

Many washhouses were spread out along the Yvette and in various districts, thanks to the small streams (rus) which crossed the town.

the furrier

The furrier receives the skins already tanned, he softens them before working them. Here, glass eyes making the different animal heads he made more real.

The end ironer

We entrust him with fine lingerie. She does her job at home.

the haberdasher

There is a whole lot of small and varied material that is necessary for sewing, embroidery and mending. Threads and buttons, darning eggs for socks and stockings, hooks, needles, dice...

The sewer

The seamstress has a choice of fabrics and makes clothes ordered by individuals.

The tinker

A tinker is a craftsman who repairs metal objects, including kitchen utensils. He is often itinerant.

The glazier

He walks through the streets with his carrier on his back and shouts the famous cry "glazier, glazier!

The butcher

Butchers were originally in the habit of melting tallow and of dealing in charcuterie and tripe. It was only successively that these industries were separated, particularly in Paris.

The hairdresser

Craftsman whose job is to arrange the hair by combing it, cutting it, curling it... Other names and associated trades: barber, barber-wigmaker.

The printer

Lead character cases. Evolution of a layout, composters, forms, typographical bridge. Numerous engraved negatives, characters and wooden stamps, some having been used to print the posters presented from the important Imbault donation, a dynasty of printers in Palaiseau since 1866. Some lithographic stones.

The photographer and the cinema

This room is scalable and tells the story of photography through cameras, the photographs themselves and all the equipment necessary for the practice of photography.

The Watchmaker

In the past, the watchmaker fashioned the smallest part by hand. You will be able to see a presentation of pocket watches and necklaces.

the saddler

The saddler works the leather. He sells and repairs collars, harnesses for hitching horses. He also shapes numerous leather objects, bags, belts, straps and school satchels.

The steel engraver

In Palaiseau there was a steel engraver who disappeared during the First World War. The engraver prepares a model, first with molding in nickel silver, an unalterable alloy of copper, zinc and nickel which imitates silver, or else in plaster, which he submits to the goldsmith, the latter places an order with him and our engraver makes the mold for the object ordered.

The shoemaker

The shoemaker sat on a small bench, with his leather apron, the sleeves of his shirt rolled up to the elbows and the palms of his hands covered with a piece of leather allowing him to pull forcefully on his ligneul (thick pitch-coated thread for the use of shoemakers.

Carpenter

The carpenter works on his workbench equipped with a vertical press, surrounded by his many tools.

The basket maker

The basket maker works the wicker, shapes it to make baskets of different shapes, needed by market gardeners to package their produce. Baskets with strawberries, cherries, potatoes, green beans, violets. Carrying baskets, fleins, hoods for transport, beehives.

The sport

On this board, you have various objects concerning the sport. You have two cyclists. The man's bicycle has wooden rims and fenders. This bike is very old between 1890 and 1910.

School

In this space, a classroom has been reconstructed, where we can observe the students with their teacher.

toys

This room is dedicated to old toys. They are very varied, the oldest dating from the 19th century, croquet games, puzzles, games of goose and checkers as well as the game of cubes, ancestor of the puzzle. We can see and admire lead agricultural tools, they are rare and precious, as witnesses of machinery used in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The nurse

The profession of nurse as we know it was developed by two extraordinary women: Florence Nightingale and Valérie de Gasparin.

The War of 1870

Lithograph by Mr. Draner, raffle numbers, a replacement treaty dating from 1869, and other objects and documents relating to this period.

The war of 1914-1918

The "General Mobilization Order" poster, military instruction handkerchief no. 8, poilus' helmets, Prussian army helmets, numerous testimonies of "trench art" and other objects bearing witness to this period.

The war of 1939-1945

The deportee's uniform, with the prisoners' identification mark, allowing the reason for their incarceration to be known, helmets, etc.

The rural guard

The rural policeman, whose origins date back to the Middle Ages, is a territorial agent responsible for ensuring safety and law enforcement in rural areas. He also served as a town drummer, announcing information to the population. He could be heard shouting "notice to the population."

The model room

This is a donation made on a scale of 1/100th. Several districts of the old Palaiseau are presented. These models are made with a very precise sense of reconstruction, from plans and various archival documents.

The posters

A large collection of posters, most of them from the "Imbault" collection, a family of printers in Palaiseau since 1866. These posters are currently being mounted on canvas to preserve their conservation.