Museums & monuments

Chamonix

Wander through the alleys, discover the museums, witness a rich past.

If you pay attention to the Heritage guides, valued storytellers of the History, you might uncover the secrets of different architectural areas. And who knows? Maybe you will also learn the secrets of the mountaineering figures, the ones who made of the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Valley a ground of legend and pioneers.

la Maison de l’alpage (Pasture Museum)

The "Maison de l’Alpage" allows to discover the exhibition Itinerio on the theme "Agriculture and landscapes, the major transformations ".

Address: Le Bouchet 74310 Servoz
☎ +33(0)7 78 24 96 77
@ maison-alpage@cc-valleedechamonixmb.fr
Prices: Free entry

Opening hours:
From Monday till Saturday: 9am to 12pm & 2:30pm till 6:30pm. Closed on Sunday.

La Maison du lieutenant (Lieutenant House)

In a building dating back to 1480 included in the heritage of the Valley and opened October 12, 2014, you will be transported and aware of mountain agriculture and pastures. Exhibitions, videos, educational learning path.

Permanent Exhibition MESALPES: "Mountain agriculture , Heart of the territory". Exhibit space and totally original interpretation. A living space and sharing a link between the culture of old alpine , occupation today and the challenges of mountain agriculture tomorrow.

Address: Le Mont 74310 Servoz
☎ +33(0)7 78 24 96 77
@ maison-alpage@cc-valleedechamonixmb.fr
Prices: Free entry

Opening hours:
From 02/08 to 2016/03/06, every tuesdays, wednesdays and thursdays between 2pm and 5pm.

Mountain & Rural Museum

A house dating from 1750 is home to the museum, recording the mountain way of life via the recreation of a traditional dwelling and displaying everyday objects in their original setting.

Temporary exhibition: " ZACHARIE , CHILD Houches , HAVE 10 YEARS IN 1865 ". From July 1 , 2015 till April 30, 2016

This year, the Chamonix valley 150 years the feast of the golden age of mountaineering. The opportunity to discover, thanks to exhibitions organized in Different cultural places of the territory, plusieurs aspects of the Valley in 1865 .

Address: 2 place de l'Eglise, 74310 Les Houches
☎ +33(0)4 50 54 54 74
@ musee-montagnard@cc-valleedechamonixmb.fr
Fee: group adults 2€, adults 2 to 4€, free entry for children

Opening hours:
From 2015/12/21 to 2016/04/29, every mondays, wednesdays and fridays between 2pm and 6pm.

Tairraz House

A place of discovery designed on the basis of electronic and mechanical systems for a unique, playful experience through a long journey in the Alps from former times to today.

Mountaineering dates from a long time ago, but it has evolved considerably with new techniques and methods and with changing attitudes. As a visitor in this playful and educational space, you can get under a modern mountaineer’s skin through new interactive exhibition techniques.

Address: esp St Michel 615 all du Recteur Payot 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
☎ +33 (0)4 50 55 53 93
@ espace.tairraz@cc-valleedechamonixmb.fr
Fee: adult 5.50€, free under 18 years old, reduced price 4,00€

Opening hours:
Until 12/31/2016: 2pm - 6pm everyday.
Also open in the morning between 10am and 1pm during French school holidays
Exceptionally closed on May 01, December 25 and January 01.

Alpin museum

Situated in the old « Chamonix Palace » (the first of 3 palaces to be built in Chamonix at the beginning of the 20th century) , this beautiful museum retraces the development of Chamonix from the first tourists who came to admire the « glacières de Savoye » to the golden age of winter sports. An important collection of prints illustrate the considerable changes to the valley between the 18th and 20th centuries, but you can also admire photographs, relief maps, rock crystals, ancient objects, costumes and all that constitutes the memory of the valley.

Exhibition 2015-2016:
In the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the golden age of mountaineering, the Alpine Museum offers art exhibition from the collections of the Alpine Club and an educational trail to discover the history of mountaineering in the nineteenth century. From the beginning, the London Alpine Club wanted to « develop mountaineering and mountain exploration around the world and to gain a more thorough knowledge of the mountains, through literature, science and the arts ». They formed a large collection of paintings, prints, watercolors photographs...

Address: La résidence 89 av Michel Croz 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
☎ +33(0)4 50 53 25 93

@ musee-alpin@cc-valleedechamonixmb.fr

Fee: adult: 5.50€, reduced fare 4,00 €.

Opening hours:
Until April 17, 2016: 2pm - 6pm, closed on Tuesday.

Memory and Heritage House

The building was opened in 1828, when it was called the “Maison des Sœurs”, because it was built to house a girls’ school run by two Sisters of Charity of La Roche-sur-Foron. The school was closed in 1831.

This house is a centre for:
- conservation of sound, oral and photographic archives collected by the town’s Memory Preservation department
- highlighting memory and heritage through interpretative exhibitions and cultural actions
- consultation and research: a document resource centre available to everyone
- a participative project

Address: 90 rue des Moulins 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
☎ +33(0)4 50 54 78 55
@ memoireetpatrimoine@chamonix.fr
Fee: Adult 3€, reduced fair 2€, free for - 18 years old.

Opening hours:
until March 31, 2016: Wed & Fri to Sunday - 2pm to 6pm
Also open between 10am and 1pm during French school holidays.

Barberine House

Small village recording the everyday life of the village in times past.

Address: Barberine 74660 Vallorcine
☎ +33(0)4 50 54 63 19
@ museevallorcine@netcourrier.com
Group rate available for > 1 people

Opening hours:
Until August 31, 2016: Tues to Sunday - 2:30pm to 5:30pm