Centre international du vitrail

The Centre international du Vitrail de Chartres is located near Chartres Cathedral and brings together the musée du vitrail (stained-glass museum) and a centre for continuing professional training in the art craft of stained glass. The museum, in the enclos de Loëns, presents a unique collection of original stained glass from the Renaissance period. Group visits are offered to present the stained glass of Chartres Cathedral and the art of stained glass, and demonstrations in the museum workshop allow visitors to discover traditional techniques, tools and gestures of the craft. The museum welcomes school pupils from nursery to secondary level for visits and educational workshops on stained glass, art crafts and art history linked to the cathedral. The professional training centre offers introductory stained-glass courses throughout the year, trains in new techniques for using decorative glass, provides initiation to traditional know-how, and a specialised professional curriculum prepares people in continuing education for the profession of stained-glass artist or stained-glass restorer. The Centre is open all year.

The Centre international du Vitrail de Chartres is located near Chartres Cathedral and groups together the musée du vitrail and a centre for continuing professional training in the art craft of stained glass. The museum, in the enclos de Loëns, presents a unique collection of original stained glass from the Renaissance period. The Centre offers group visits to present the stained glass of Chartres Cathedral and the art of stained glass, and demonstrations in the museum workshop allow visitors to discover traditional techniques, tools and gestures of the craft. It welcomes school pupils from nursery to secondary level for visits and educational workshops on stained glass, art crafts and art history linked to the cathedral. Its professional training centre offers introductory stained-glass courses throughout the year, trains in new techniques for using decorative glass, provides initiation to traditional know-how, and a specialised professional curriculum prepares people in continuing education for the profession of stained-glass artist or stained-glass restorer. For Advent 2024, the Centre International du Vitrail de Chartres carried out a project, 'Les contes des vitraux de Chartres', offering 24 stories created for children to explain the stained glass of Chartres Cathedral in a playful and accessible way, as part of a broader approach to bring medieval heritage back into the contemporary digital world.

A cultural and training institution near Chartres Cathedral dedicated to stained glass, combining a museum of original Renaissance stained glass with professional training in the stained-glass craft.

• musée du vitrail

  Museum in the enclos de Loëns presenting a unique collection of original stained glass from the Renaissance period.

• centre de formation professionnelle continue au métier d'art du vitrail

  Offers introductory stained-glass courses throughout the year, trains in new techniques for using decorative glass, provides initiation to traditional know-how, and a specialised professional curriculum prepares people in continuing education for the profession of stained-glass artist or stained-glass restorer.

1. 1Centre international du vitrail à Chartrescentre-vitrail.org
2. 2Les vitraux de la cathédrale de Chartres : 24 histoires à découvrircentre-vitrail.org