Departmental Museum of Earthenware and Tableware

In Samadet, discover a remarkable earthenware heritage. Come explore its history through the women and men who worked to make it shine. Come learn the secrets of making these ceramics; Appreciate on its 300 earthenware pieces from the 18th century, the flowery decorations, the characters and the fauna, which have contributed to its fame. Visit one of the few museums dedicated to the delicious history of gastronomy! Go back in time thanks to set tables, come and smell dishes from yesteryear. In 2024, the museum presents the first exhibition dedicated to Louis Dage, a little-known ceramist who worked from 1935 to 1961 in the Faïencerie de l'Adour in Saint-Sever, after a career in the Paris region. Painted patterns, drips, cracks, inlays, superpositions: his eclectic production, from the Art Nouveau trend to post-war fantasy, including Art Deco and the reinterpretation of Samadet, is surprising. Through 160 pieces by Louis Dage, enriched with ceramics by great masters, the public is invited to discover a rich body of work, imbued with the artistic innovations of the first half of the 20th century.

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