ôkhra, an essential stopover in the Luberon
Prices
Full price € 7
Individual reduction 6 € (job seekers, partner sites, disabled, large families)
Free (-10 years old, locals from Roussillon).
Horaires
Open 7 days a week every day, from February holidays to October / January holidays by appointment. //
February, March: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2 p.m.-5 p.m. // April, May, June: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2 p.m.-6 p.m. // July, August: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2 p.m.-7 p.m. // September, October: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2 p.m. -6 p.m. // November, December: 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays // Closed weekends and during the Christmas holidays.
Address
570 route d’Apt, D104
84220 Roussillon
Practical information
2 km from the village of Roussillon
Free parking
Dogs allowed
Direct bus access via line 17
Bike rental
Fire precautions
Method of payment accepted
Cash
Credit cards
Checks
Holiday vouchers
On-site services
The spaces
- Counter-bookstore space
- Relaxation area with picnic area
- Manufacturing workshop to visit
Room rental
- Rental of rooms for exhibitions
- Rental of the site for receptions and incentive events
- Rental of training and seminar rooms
Calendar of activities
The Mathieu factory is a former ocher production plant which produced around 1000 tonnes of ocher per year between 1921 and 1963. Abandoned for several years in the state of industrial wasteland, it can be visited since 1994. Washing systems , the kiln and mills have been restored to understand the different stages of ore processing, from extraction to shipping. This technical history of ocher is placed in its local and international economic and cultural context so that everyone can grasp the past, current and future challenges of this material which remains an unalterable natural pigment and of secular use.
Workshop and visit
Guided tour of 1 hour in two parts: the Camille Mathieu ocher factory and ocher know-how; the practical mini-workshop to discover colors and paints.
Price: Full price € 7; individual reduced € 6 (job seekers, partner sites, disabled, large families); free (-10 years old, Roussillon).
Duration: 1 hour
Family workshop
Family workshop ‘paint in the style of ..‘ for adults and children of 1 hour 30 minutes to immerse yourself in the world of a painter or a first people to discover painting and the history of art.
Price: under 18 : 12 € incl. / over 18 : 15 € incl.
Duration: 1h30
Discovery workshops
It is a practical 3 hour workshop. You will learn how to make and apply decorative paints (flour) or artistic paints (gouache, watercolor).
Price: 50 € incl.
Duration: 3h
Initiation days
It’s a full day in a 6 hour workshop. You will deepen the decorative paints (limewash & casein) or artistic paints (casein, tempera, glue, gouache & watercolor).
Price: 100 € incl.
Duration: 6h
3 initiation days
Every two months, following the lime initiation day, you will discover decorative lime plasters: fine rubbed plaster, mamorino stucco, tadelakt & sgraffito.
Price: 300 €
Duration: 3 days. (18 hours)
You said it
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Une belle découverte ! Merci pour cette visite très instructive sur le processus d’extraction de l’ocre et la fabrication des peintures avec ce pigment. Très sympa aussi de pouvoir peindre.... read more 
LineS102
23 October 2023
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