Guided tour of the Iron Museum

Visiting Longwy? How about visiting a museum like no other? Featuring an impressive collection of irons (one of the largest in Europe), the Musée des Fers à repasser takes you on a journey through time and space. Here's a sneak preview of what's in store.

With over 5,500 irons from all countries, shapes and sizes, the Musée des Fers à repasser is well worth a visit, to say the least. You'll see how this everyday object has evolved over the centuries, and be surprised to discover that different types of irons were once created for different uses.

To give you just a few examples, you'll see hat irons, hand-shaped irons for ironing gloves, and irons for tightening shoe leather after rain... Yes, yes. Such objects did exist, and you can see these treasures with your own eyes! There' salso a fine collection of stoves. In the 15th century, these were used to heat up classic irons.

As you can see, the Musée des Fers à repasser doesn't just retrace the history of this object that has become so familiar to us. It also has a number of surprises in store for you to discover on your own, as a couple, with friends or as a family.