Musée de l'étang de Thau, Maritime museum in Bouzigues, France.
The Musée de l'Étang de Thau is a museum in Bouzigues dedicated to fishing and oyster farming in the lagoon. The building features aquariums, videos, and scale models showing fishing equipment and farming operations.
The museum was founded in 1991, following a successful exhibition in 1981 that displayed fishing and farming tools from the region. Its collection traces how the lagoon and its use have changed over time.
The museum displays oyster farming heritage through original tools and photographs of local workers across generations. Visitors see how families have lived from the lagoon's resources for many years.
The museum operates from February through November, with guided tours available on Wednesdays and independent visits possible on weekends. It helps to check opening hours in advance, especially during shoulder seasons.
The museum is housed in a reconstructed oyster farming building from the 1950s, showing daily life as workers lived it then. This setting helps visitors understand how closely living and working were connected at the lagoon.
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