Outings for school groups | Saint Germain Boucles de Seine

The Saint Germain Boucles de Seine region offers a wealth of ideas for cultural and sporting outings for leisure and after-school activities. Discover our heritage sites and museums, organised by theme, as well as the associations and organisations that can welcome your classes and groups of children.

At a glance

1. In the shadow of the Sun King

Born in 1638 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Louis XIV spent part of his life in the town, which was the king’s official residence and a place where power was exercised. We offer guided tours of the town where pupils can learn more about Louis XIV, through his taste for the arts and his political, cultural and economic actions. For cycles I, II and III.

Marly-le-Roi owes its fame to Louis XIV, who chose this site to build his country residence. We invite you to visit the historic centre as well as the Musée du Domaine royal de Marly and the Domaine national de Marly. For cycles I, II and III.

©Museum of the royal estate of Marly with outside gate

2. Arts and letters

Saint Germain Boucles de Seine has attracted many artists musicians, painters or writers. Come and discover the places that inspired them:

The Château de Monte-Cristo: home and park of Alexandre Dumas, the famous author of the Trois Mousquetaires and the Comte de Monte-Cristo.
The Maurice Denis departmental museum: Surrounded by a vast terraced garden, planted with large trees and inhabited by sculptures (notably by Bourdelle), the museum offers beautiful interior volumes conducive to contemplating the works of the “Nabi with beautiful icons” and his friends.
The house where Claude Debussy was born and the Ducastel-Vera museum in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The André Derain house in Chambourcy: like Matisse and Picasso, André Derain was a key artist involved in the two great pictorial revolutions of the early 20th century, Fauvism and Cubism
The Fournaise museum in Chatou : The educational tour and storytelling tour take children in Renoir’s footsteps to meet the Fournaise family, discover canoeing fashions, life in the 19th century, the painter’s equipment and Impressionist painting.
The Grenouillère museum in Croissy-sur-Seine: A guinguette on the banks of the Seine between 1885 and 1928, the Grenouillère attracted Parisians eager for leisure, but above all writers, such as Maupassant, and painters like Monet and Renoir.

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3. Traditions and know-how

The Archéolithe association, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, develops educational and interactive workshops for children of all ages. with the aim of raising everyone’s awareness of the sciences of archaeology and helping them rediscover the gestures and tools of our predecessors. From Prehistory to the Middle Ages and Antiquity, all our mediators are archaeologists specialising in the period under discussion.

At Chatou,the Sequana association is dedicated to restoring and rebuilding boats from the canoeing era to their original state: skiffs, perissoires, canoes, sailing boats. Groups are welcome to take a first look at the woodworking trades and discover the workshop and boat garage. Also in Chatou, the Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis MTO welcomes school groups. It is the first museum in the world dedicated to the artistic and cultural wealth of Sufism, and exhibits over 300 objects from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as rare books and manuscripts.

©Sequana offers guided tours for school groups|J.DAMASE

4. The “nature”

Between the state-owned forests of Saint-Germain and Marly and the banks of the Seine, numerous sites offer activities in the great outdoors where your school groups can learn about responsible behaviour and environmental conservation.

Created from 1774 by François Racine de Monville, le Désert de Retz, located on the edge of the Marly forest in Chambourcy, is the perfect example of the refined art of gardens in the 18th century. For cycles III and up
At Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the sculptor Falek and his Parc Grandeur Nature offer several options for discovering monumental sculpture through all its attractions, and particularly by getting children to become ‘actors’ in their own creativity. For cycles III and upwards
La Ferme ouverte de Gally in Sartrouville or L’école de la campagne et de la forêt in Marly -le-Roi also offer a wide range of recreational and educational activities for cycles I, II and III
Le Temps des Savoir-Faire in Mareil-Marly offers workshop walks while promoting nature through ancestral skills workshops.
La Clé Verte in Croissy-sur-Seine is a place for learning, experimenting, discovering and observing nature. Its aim is to raise pupils’ awareness of ecological practices, taking account of our local environment.
Located in Houilles, Urban Fishing School, a fishing and nature discovery school, offers you the chance to discover the different freshwater fish species, particularly in the Seine. Angling, used as an educational tool, will enable you to practice an ancestral leisure and sporting activity. All fish are released back into the water.