©laura_maurel
©laura_maurel
Description
At Claret you’ll find the Glass Museum featuring glassmaking - a long tradition in Languedoc - and telling the story of this noble material’s use around the Mediterranean. Come and discover the magic of glass and the secrets of its manufacture.
From the late thirteenth century, gentlemen glassmakers blew the glass on the plateau of the Hortus Causse. A royal decree granted them the right to practice ‘the art and science of glass’ without derogation, meaning without losing their titles of nobility. As a group of craftsmen, they held their general meetings in Sommières. To get there, they took a path, now called ‘the path of the glassmakers’.
For nearly five centuries, gentlemen glassmaking dynasties have blown glass around Pic Saint-Loup. The Glass Hall presents this unique tradition as well as depicting the origin and history of glass in the Mediterranean; it explains the gestures, techniques and know-how involved in this centuries old skill.
Openings
All year
All year
Monday
14:00 - 18:00
Tuesday
14:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
14:00 - 18:00
Thursday
14:00 - 18:00
Friday
14:00 - 18:00
Saturday
14:00 - 18:00
Sunday
14:00 - 18:00
Services offered
Quality standards
Quality standards
Sites d’exception en Languedoc
Vignobles et DécouvertesRates
Adult full rate
€5.00
Payment methods
Credit card
Cheques and postal orders (F)
CashGroups (Max capacity)
Groups (Max capacity)
- 10 Person (s) mini
- 40 Maximum number of people
Accepted customers
- Individuals
- Groups
- Schoolchildren
Location
Contact LA HALLE DU VERRE
Spoken languages
Spoken languages
Access
Access
- Road (national / local) : D17 - de Montpellier at 30km
- Road (national / local) : D999 - de Nîmes at 50km
- Motorway : A9 - Sortie Lunel
- Motorway : A9 - Sortie Nîmes Ouest