LA HALLE DU VERRE


At Claret you’ll find the Glass Museum featuring glassmaking - a long tradition in Languedoc - and telling the story of this noble material’s use around the Mediterranean. Come and discover the magic of glass and the secrets of its manufacture.
From the late thirteenth century, gentlemen glassmakers blew the glass on the plateau of the Hortus Causse. A royal decree granted them the right to practice ‘the art and science of glass’ without derogation, meaning without losing their titles of nobility. As a group of craftsmen, they held their general meetings in Sommières. To get there, they took a path, now called ‘the path of the glassmakers’.
For nearly five centuries, gentlemen glassmaking dynasties have blown glass around Pic Saint-Loup. The Glass Hall presents this unique tradition as well as depicting the origin and history of glass in the Mediterranean; it explains the gestures, techniques and know-how involved in this centuries old skill.
Rates
Adult full rate | 5,00€ |
Payment possibilities
- Credit card
- Cheques and postal orders (F)
- Cash
Open
from 01/04/2025 to 30/06/2025 - from 14h00 at 18h00
Closed on monday, tuesday
from 01/07/2025 to 31/08/2025 - from 10h00 at 13h00 - from 14h00 at 19h00
from 01/09/2025 to 30/09/2025 - from 14h00 at 18h00
Closed on monday, tuesday
from 01/10/2025 to 02/11/2025 - from 14h00 at 18h00
Closed on monday, tuesday
Handicapped persons
yes
Equipement
- Car park
Activities
- Temporary exhibitions
Spoken languages

Language guided tour

Groups
Reception of groups : yes
Number of persons : de 10 à 40
Kind of groups
- Schoolchildren
Free entry
No
Group tours
- free visits on request
- guided tours on request
- average length of visit : 90 mn
Individual visits
- permanent free visits
- guided tours on request
- average length of visit : 90 mn
LA HALLE DU VERRE
50 avenue du Nouveau Monde
34270 CLARET