Dec 22 min read

LEATHER AS A TOURIST TRAVEL THEME

Passionate about leather as we are, we never move to a place without checking what there is to see there that concerns leather, near or far.

This is how we have identified museums, libraries and other places across Europe for you.

FRANCE

PARIS

The Forney library, in the Marais, is a mine of works on applied arts, and has a department on leather which is worth a visit.

At the Mazarine library, you can admire the work tables in which hot-stamped desk pads are embedded with their place number.

Almost everywhere in France, leather is in the spotlight. Here is a list of dedicated places.

BORT LES ORGUES, CORRÈZE

Tannery and Leather museum

Leather and Tanners museum - machines — Leather and Tanners museum

CHÂTEAU-RENAULT, INDRE ET LOIRE

Leather museum

SAINT JUNIEN, LIMOUSIN

City of leather – opening planned for spring 2025

GRAULHET – TARN

House of leather craft

MONTARGIS, LOIRET

Leather and Tanners museum

LEVROUX, BERRY

Leather and Parchment museum

But it sometimes happens that we encounter leather in a more unexpected way, for example while doing the Chapelles circuit from PEISEY NANCROIX in Savoie. In some of them, there are so-called leather antependium. Magnificent.

This is how we discovered CELINE BONNOT-DICONNE, a (the?) great specialist in the restoration of leather works. Thanks to its exceptional know-how, hangings and other decorations are visible in museums such as that of Vieil Aix, Nice, and others.

Almost everywhere in Europe, leather is on display.