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The Bois du Cazier ans the yong :

After being the scene of the greatest catastrophe ever experienced in the Belgian coal industry, the Bois du Cazier is alive again. Its gates once again open onto a pithead where from now on young people, those who will pass on our heritage, are favoured guests.

Imagined for young people in an educational yet playful manner, the discovery of the Bois du Cazier awakens the senses through the media used. A real initiation course bringing the past and the future together through the eyes of today, the visit encourages people to ask questions, against a historical and technical background, about social issues such as safety at work and immigration which, still today, after filling our collective memory, are time and time again matters of current affairs.

Thematic guided visits and interactive discovery workshops invite the young to come and (re)discover a site rich in history and in emotion.

Visit and/or workshop, the choice is yours!
> DOWNLOAD OUR BROCHURE FOR SCHOOL GROUPS AND YOUNG PEOPLE (PDF format)

 

Visites guidées avec carnets pédagogiques (2 heures)

Instructive and interactive guided visits adapted at every stage (2 hours). Educational documentation and thematic dossiers about the catastrophe, the landscapes, immigration in line with official school programmes. Free, interactive and constructive, they are a real tool before, during and after the visit.

> The mine in activities and stories (Years 1-3 of primary school)

Objective : discovering the site and the mining world in an original way through activities, stories and songs.

> Coal and the work of the miner (Years 4-6 of primary school)

Objectives : understanding time, space, man and matter.
Areas visited : the pithead, the changing-room, the shower-baths, the lamp-store, the 8th August 1956 site, the landing, the memorial, the gallery.
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> The Charleroi Region (Years 1-3 of secondary school)

Objectives : reading landscapes, tables, old and recent maps
Areas visited : the mine pithead + the landscape observatory on the slagheap
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> The Industrial Revolution (Years 4-6 of secondary school)

Objectives: from audiovisual, iconographic and graphic documents and material vestiges, the schoolchildren comprehend and discover a dynamic and innovative Wallonia.
Area visited : le musée de l’Industrie + démonstration de forge
DOCUMENT being prepared (bientôt disponible)

 

Discovery-workshops (1 to 2hours)

> “The flora and fauna” : walk around the slagheaps in the company of our nature guide on the lookout for insects, birds, flowers, trees and shrubs.

> “The trades of fire” : take part in a forge demonstration and rediscover the old trades next to the old machines of la Providence.

> “The temporary exhibitions and events” : take advantage of your visit to the site to appreciate our great exhibitions, which can be found under the heading “agenda”

 

Practical information :

 

For any information or request for group brochures:
contact the public relations service on +32(0)71 298 938 – v.demanet@leboisducazier.be
Reservation of guided visits and visits to the workshops is essential and must be made by post, fax or e-mail (subject to availability).