Musée de la Coutellerie

The museum is located in the heart of the medieval quarter, in a building with wood sides. On the ground floor with large shops reported under the old shop of the craftsman. In this first part sets out the origins of cutlery, social history, its traditions. The river is Durolle the origins of cutlery in Thiers. Torrent River than it was fitted, piped, tamed from the fourteenth century by the cutlers of Thiers and paper to turn the wheels of their mills. The second building houses the manufacturing facilities and collections of knives. Under the eyes of visitors, young artisans draw knives, daggers and pieces of high-end cutlery. Finally, to not see the knife as a ANY PURPOSE AND SIMPLE, DISCOVER THE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS over two floors.