Name: Folks and popular traditions museum
Address: Place de la Cathédrale, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, 73300
Telephone: 04 79 83 51 51
Price range: Group rate available for > 8 people.

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

Come to discover «Maurienne» costumes and lifestyle of formerly. Of a luxurious collection of Savoy costumes, archaeology, religious art in the reconstruction of a traditionnal home.

Description

The dresses of the Arvan and Villards valleys in particular are among the most original in the Alps. In the former bishop's chapel, you can see the reconstruction of a typical Maurienne interior. One room features archaeological collections, another is devoted to religious art, and a third to the history of the Savoy dynasty.

Période d'ouverture

From 02/01 to 31/12.
Closed on Sunday.
Closed exceptionally on Easter Monday, Feast of the Ascension, Whit Monday, May 1st, May 8th, July 14th, August 15th, November 1st, November 11th and December 25th.