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The museums of the Aosta Valley acquire, study and preserve material and immaterial evidence of the territory, its history and its people: art and archeology, science and natural history, popular traditions.

NOT TO BE MISSED

Maison des anciens remèdes

Along stage 18, an interactive museum illustrates the natural remedies and the ancient traditions of healing with medicinal herbs.

Aosta Valley CRAFTS MUSEUM

The crafts museum of Fénis (stages 19 and 20) shows objects, materials and techniques of the handmade tradition of Aosta Valley.

Maison Musée Jean-Paul II

Along stage 15, objects, documents and photographs of Pope John Paul II, guest of excellence for years at Introd during his summer period of rest.

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY

From Nus (stages 9 and 10) the Saint-Barthélemy astronomical observatory, at an altitude of 1600 meters, is worth a detour.

MUSEUM OF THE MEGALITHIC AREA

From the Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age, the Saint-Martin-de-Corléans museum in Aosta shows the evolution of this important prehistoric archaeological site.

REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

At the regional archaelogical musem of Aosta there are numerous bits of evidence of the presence of man in Aosta, from prehistory to the Middle Ages.

Museums along the way

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Oyace, Yesterday and Today

Oyace

The permanent exhibition “Oyace, Yesterday and Today”, set up in the Linda Gorret Hall, was created with the aim of introducing visitors to the village of Oyace through a perspective that brings together memory and the present. Without claiming to be …

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The school

Exhibition "L'école d'autrefois"

Perloz

This exhibition was opened for the Concours du Patois Abbé Cerlogne, held in Perloz in 2001. It contains several items of furniture and school articles from the old school in Marine, now restored and used as a museum and as the tourist office events room. …

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Museum of the Resistance - Lys Brigade- The exterior

Museum of the Resistance - Lys Brigade

Perloz

The Museum, inaugurated in its new headquarters on 25 April 2001 25 April 2008, is housed in the headquarters of Loc. Capoluogo inside the historic building that was the home, immediately after the war, of the first partisan band active in the lower …

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Valle d'Aosta in the nativity scene - mechanized exhibition.

Pontey

The exhibition displays the works of Serafino Servodidio, a carpenter from Pontey. These are detailed miniature representations of the nativity scene and the peasant life of the past: the black bread supply chain, the fontina production chain, haymaking …

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Architectural wonder

Museum of the Roman Bridge

Pont-Saint-Martin

The museum is dedicated to the magnificent bridge built by the Romans in the 1st century BC, whose arch is the widest among those existing in Europe, dating back to the same era.An interesting series of photographs, drawings and documents allows to …

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The church which hosts the museum

Parish museum

Rhêmes-Saint-Georges

The museum, housed in the hamlet of Coveyrand by the parish church, holds ancient furnishings and sacred ornaments from the parish church and the village’s chapels.

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Viviminiera Information Centre

Saint-Marcel

the site is temporarily closed.The Viviminiera Information Centre is located in the municipal building of Saint-Marcel in Prélaz and lets visitors get to know and explore the Servette mining reality through an evocative, stimulating themed trail.Thanks …

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Centre d'Etudes Francoprovençales René Willien

Centre d'Etudes Francoprovençales René Willien

Saint-Nicolas

The centre is closed until the end of 2025Thanks to this ancient construction of the 18th century, carefully restored, it is possible to understand how rural environments were organised in peasant culture and visit the exhibition of the archive of the “ …

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Tribute to the poet

Cerlogne museum

Saint-Nicolas

Jean-Baptiste Cerlogne was born in Cerlogne, a village of Saint-Nicolas in 1826. After working in Marseille as a chimney sweep, he was employed as cook at the Seminario Maggiore in Aosta, where his intelligence and creativity were noted and he was …

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Historical images

Gerbore Museum

Saint-Nicolas

The Gerbore museum is located within the “Maison de la Tôr”, a historical building mentioned in a document from 1768, which hosts from time immemorial the bread oven and the dairy for the village families. The exhibition “L’epoca dei Pionieri” (The age …

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