Museum in Sabres
Since 1970, the outdoor museum “Ecomusée de la Grande Lande”, located in the wooded stretch of back country near France’s Atlantic coast, has depicted life in the countryside during the nineteenth century. Visitors travel back in time in a vintage train to the museum village Marquèze. Adjacent to the train station is the new Pavillon des Landes de Gascogne. From a distance the elongated exhibition building is reminiscent of an over-sized shed. The sizable building massing – clad entirely in locally sourced pine – has been sensitively inserted in the rural setting. As one approaches the pavilion, the different parts of the building – corresponding to its different functions – can be discerned.
