Musée Alpin de Chamonix
Musée Alpin
A small museum housed in a century-old hotel, telling the story of Chamonix's transformation from a farming village into a 'capital of mountaineering', and of the first Winter Olympics.
The Alpine Museum occupies an early 20th-century hotel in the town centre. Its displays include early mountaineering gear, old photographs and prints, crystal minerals, and materials from the 1924 Chamonix Winter Olympics, the first Winter Games. Visitors can see how the valley developed from a poor agricultural and pastoral society into a mountaineering and tourism destination. The museum is small, and about an hour is enough to see it all. Admission is about €6. Opening hours change with the seasons, and the museum closes for renovation in some months, so check before you go.
Opening hours
About 14:00–18:00 (varies by season)
Nearby sights
- Chamonix Town Centre
- Lac des Gaillands
- Plan de l'Aiguille & Grand Balcon Nord
- Le Brévent
- Bossons Glacier
- La Flégère
- Lac Cornu
- Mer de Glace & Montenvers Railway