Rural Life Museum

founded during the early years of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, the Rural Life Museum is housed in an 18th-century, red-brick square-style farm. it is entierly devoted to 19th-century village life in and around the Mélantois region. Reconstitued interiors provide a myriad of details relating to everyday. Exibits include evocations of the arduous trades plied by blacksmiths and farmers, traditional games, a local estaminet (tavern) as well as village classroom scenes.