Contacts
Cooperativa Mines de Cogne
Address
villaggio minatori n. 85 (villaggio Anselmetti)
11012 COGNE (AO)
Telephone
E-mail
Telephone
Museum of the Aosta Valley Mining Park and of the Cogne Mine
Resort: Cogne
2024/2025
The Museum is closed from Saturday 26 October to Saturday 7 December.
December
From 8 to 26 December: open on Saturday and Sunday
from December 27 to January 6, 2025 open every day (closed on Tuesdays)
January and February: open Saturday and Sunday
March: from 1st to 5th March open every day
April and May: open by reservation for school trips
opening hours: 9:30am - 12pm and 3pm - 6pm
Opening periods are subject to variations: it is advisable to verify them at the addresses under “Contacts”.
Reduced admission for children under 14, groups over 8 people, over 65, school groups
Free admission for Abbonamento Musei holders, group guides, the disabled, children under 4 years old.
Contacts
The mine presented as a mix of stories, sounds and emotions.
A few steps from the centre of Cogne you can visit an interesting exhibition on the extraction of minerals in the Aosta Valley region.
The complex of the miners’ village, reachable by taking the road that climbs towards the village of Gimillan, houses the museum in the main building in front of the square and in the one adjacent to the arrival of the old mine buckets.
In addition to an overview of the places where these precious minerals are found in the Aosta Valley (Brusson, Cogne, La Thuile, Ollomont, Saint-Marcel) you can relive the experience of life in the mine, in particular in the Cogne deposits: workplaces, the difficulty of tunnel operations up to the last journey of the extracted material to Aosta for its transformation.
Experiences and stories surround the visitor: a leap in time and history to the sound of the pickaxe.
Note - this information is not directly connected to the Cammino Balteo path but it is part of the Aosta Valley tourist offer.