This is a centre where oral and photographic archives collected by the Municipal Archive can be viewed and a documentary resource centre. It hosts several exhibitions each year.
This is a centre where oral and photographic archives collected by the Municipal Archive can be viewed and a documentary resource centre. It hosts several exhibitions each year.
Opening times
Open Thursday to Sunday: 2pm - 6pm
- School holidays:10am - noon/ 2pm - 6pm.
- July and August: 10am - 1pm / 2pm - 6pm.
- Closed January 1, May 1 and December 25
During your visit please respect health precautions:
- the EU Digital COVID Certificate is mandatory from July, 21th 2021
- washing your hands at the entrance is mandatory
- wearing a mask is mandatory from 6 years old
- maintain a safety distance
Admission prices
- Adults €4
- Reduced rate €3+65 years/with reduction card: guest, resident,student, local residents, large families, disabled
- Free for under 18s,member donor, researcher
- Group (min 10 pers.) adult€3 / child€2.50
- Museum pass:€12 Annual pass with unlimited entry to the museum network of the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc valley
NEXT EXHIBITION
LA COMPAGNIE DES GUIDES DE CHAMONIX: A HISTORY OF ADAPTATION
From June 19, 2021 to May 14, 2022
Since its creation, the Company has been able to adapt to political, sociological and tourist developments as well as to the mountain itself, to the development of mountaineering and to climate change. Thanks to a rich iconography, archive documents and unpublished objects, the exhibition presents the history of this prestigious institution and of the profession of guide in the Mont-Blanc massif.
