MUSEUMS

In
Saint Jean de Maurienne,
the museum of Opinel will make you discover
the history of this knife produced now since more

than 50 years.
Open from Monday to Saturday from 9h-12h and 14h-19h.
Admission free.
Information :
Tel. 04.79.64.04.78 -
info@opinel-musee.com
www.opinel-musee.com

To
know the history and the traditions of Savoy, you can visit in Saint Jean
de Maurienne,
the Museum of the costumes and of the popular traditions
where you will find a vast collection of costumes of Savoy, the reconstitution
of a house of the Maurienne Valley, the archaeological remains and explanations
on the religious art.
Open from Monday to Saturday during the summer season
and Tuesday and Wednesday during the winter season. Admission free.
Information :
Tel. 04.79.83.51.51.


In
the Museum of the "Mont-Corbier", located in Saint Jean de Maurienne,
you will be able to discover all the history of this liquor, from the
alembic to the invention of the liquor Mont Corbier by the Father Guille
in 1888.
Open during the summer season from Monday to Saturday
and the rest of the year from Tuesday to Friday. Paying entry.
Information :
Tel. 04.79.64.00.24

Discover the great "mauriennaise" and world adventure of aluminium, from its beginning to its future! Why some aluminium factories in Maurienne? What scientists? What manufacturing process? What uses? What jobs? Models, experiments, games, movies and objects on 600m ² to find answers with family or friends.
July and August : open every day from 10:00 a.m to 00h30 p.m and from 01:30 p.m to 07:00 p.m
Information :
Espace Alu, SAINT MICHEL DE MAURIENNE
Tel. +0033 (0)4.79.56.69.59
Website :
www.espacealu.fr E-mail :
musee@espacealu.fr

At
Modane,
the Museum of the Crossing of the Alps introduces to you
several key buildings in the history of the canton of Modane. The monumental
entry of the railway tunnel, the leaning house where it was hidden the
powder to destroy the tunnel in the event of conflicts, and the Fortress
"Saint Gobain", which aimed to the control of the roads and the tunnel.
Open every day from 16h to 19h.
Information :
Tel. 04.79.05.01.50
The
House of the Local Handicraft in Aussois exposes local and regional
artisans' realisations of quality, all joined together under the denomination
"Savoy object of origin".
Information :
Tel. 04.79.20.36.73

The
strategic position of Maurienne explains why the valley count not less
than 40 fortifications, created to protect themselves from the enemies.
In Modane you can visit
the barrier of Esseillon, made up of five
forts built between 1820 and 1833.
Open only in summer.
Information :
House of Aussois - Tel. 04.79.20.30.80