Museum

Archaeology Museum

The museum presents the discoveries made in the Balmes cave and the visitor becomes a witness to the culture and cultural influences of these mountain people who had a relationship with their environment that went far beyond mere subsistence.

Museum Archaeology Museum Val-Cenis

About

Val-Cenis (73500)

Animals not allowed

Unguided individual tours available permanently

Guided individual tours on request

Average duration of an individual visit : 01h00

The first farmers and stockbreeders of the Neolithic period settled about 5,600 years ago in the Balmes cave overlooking Val Cenis-Sollières. The museum presents all the objects of the daily life of these first mountain dwellers of Haute Maurienne.
The objects and handicrafts on display in the museum plunge the visitor into the daily life of these mountain people, who had a relationship with their environment that went far beyond mere subsistence.

Pedagogical kit for teachers.

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Prices

Free entry for children < 6 years, press, mountain guides, accompanying guides, the drivers, mountain guides.
Group rate available for > 10 people.

Adults: €4.8, children: €3.3.
PRM, students, jobseekers: €3.8.
Family pass (1 adult + 2 children): €11.
Additional adult: €4.3 - Additional child: €2.8.
Pass Maurienne adult: €3.8 - Child: €2.8.

Methods of payment accepted : Check, Cash, Bank/credit card, Travellers Cheque, Contactless payment

Reception

Open to children

Animals not allowed

Languages spoken : English, French

Languages of documentation : French

Languages visits : English, French

Languages informatives signs : French

Opening

From 10/02 to 10/03/2024 between 2 pm and 6 pm.
Closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

From 11/03 to 05/04/2024 between 2 pm and 6 pm.
Closed Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Closed exceptionally on Easter Monday.

From 06/04 to 05/05/2024 between 2 pm and 6 pm.
Closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Closed exceptionally on May 1st.

From 21/05 to 05/07/2024 between 2 pm and 6 pm.
Closed Monday, Saturday and Sunday.