Guided visit to the Hippolyte Fontaine Electricity Museum in Saint-Apo!

Electricity is used for everything! Run your coffee in the morning, heat up your meal at noon, charge your cell phone, turn on your favorite lamp, watch TV, listen to the radio … But where does this energy come from? How do our everyday household appliances work? And how have they evolved over time? Let’s ask these questions to experts at Burgundy Electricity Museum in Saint-Apollinaire!

Pierre, president and founder of the Museum operating the Gramme dynamo © Radio France
Caroline PAUL

Shall we make a quick phone call?

Michel, in the middle of a conversation with the operator from a 1905 telephone!
Michel, in the middle of a conversation with the operator from a 1905 telephone! © Radio France
Caroline PAUL

The advertisement of the time: “to improve the daily life of the woman, the man invents devices intended to simplify her life!”

Jean-Paul masters the late 19th century washing machine!
Jean-Paul masters the late 19th century washing machine! © Radio France
Caroline PAUL

A little coffee?

Machines that evolve over time and volunteers who safeguard the heritage!
Machines that evolve over time and volunteers who safeguard the heritage! © Radio France
Caroline PAUL

more info: Hippolyte Fontaine Electricity Museum – 24 rue François Mitterrand in Saint-Apollinaire – [email protected] – The Museum is open on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. and by appointment: 06 07 86 64 16


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