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Built by the folk association Les Déjhouquès in the 1970s, the Country House has been managed by the Municipal Council of the Ile d’Oléron since 2006. The Council decided to restore it and transform it into a heritage interpretation center dedicated to ecological construction and the vernacular architecture of the Island. It’s a project which fosters heritage, historical, and cultural interests as well as tourism and civic engagement. Four collections of testimonies (three audio and one filmed) have been collected concerning typical Island houses, the construction of the Country House, ecological construction and legends told on the Island. This article describes how the testimonies were collected and how one of the testimonies was used to enhance the visitor experience. It also compares the utilisation of sound and audiovisual techniques and details the contribution and use of testimonies within the project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]