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Crafts

Browse the site’s sections on museums, crafts and festivals for a closer look at French culture.

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About this section

French crafts are rooted in regional materials, inherited skills and contemporary design. They include work with wood, stone, metal, textiles, ceramics, glass, leather and many other specialist trades.

This page introduces craftsmanship as a living part of French culture: useful for understanding local identity, heritage workshops and the objects visitors meet in markets, museums and historic towns.

Crafts

Crafts