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Muséobar - Border museum
Description
The festive atmosphere of a mountain border town at the time of the attachment of Savoy to France and the drilling of the first railway tunnel, the sound of mechanical pianos.
Savoy became French in 1860, and at the end of the tunnel between France and Italy, pierced in 1871, Modane becomes a new French frontier town, as well as an international station of prime importance.
Forests are built and garrisons are set up to monitor the border. Customs and railwaymen, French and Italian work and live in Modane. The city resonates French and Italian voices, melodies of basemouth pianos crank, whistles of steam trains, Parisian singers who come to perform in local cabarets ...
A visit to the cross-border meeting through videos, audio testimonies, photos, music, dances ...
An original museum that tells a moving past in a setting with shimmering colors.
Written translations of the visit in: English, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Polish.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Date and time
- From 15/05/2026 to 11/11/2026
- From 23/12/2026 to 20/04/2027
Additional information
Updated by
Haute Maurienne Vanoise Tourisme - 28/10/2025
www.haute-maurienne-vanoise.com
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Price(s)
From 23/12/2024 to 20/04/2025 Adult: 4.50 € Reduced price: 2 € Child : 3 €. From 15/05 to 11/11/2025 Adult: 4.50 € Reduced price: 2 € (on Saturday) Child : 3 €. Free entry for children under 7. Child entry valid for 7 - 17 years. Group rate available for 4 people or more. Groups and families (4 people or more): €2.
Open period
From 15/05 to 11/11 on Tuesday and Wednesday between 3 pm and 7 pm. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 10 am and 12 pm and between 3 pm and 7 pm. Closed exceptionally on 30/09/2025, Feast of the Ascension, Whit Monday, July 14th, August 15th and November 1st. From 23/12 to 20/04 on Tuesday and Wednesday between 3 pm and 7 pm. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 10 am and 12 pm and between 3 pm and 7 pm. Closed exceptionally on January 1st, Easter Monday and December 25th.
Contact
Phone : 04 79 59 64 23
Email : info@museobar.com
Website : https://www.modane.org/museobar2/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/museobar
Google+ : https://maps.google.com/?cid=18342101642367728019
Host portrait
The most important portrait must be that of the town that the museum presents: Modane. A town that experienced historic times between the 19th and 20th centuries, a time when a mountain hamlet found itself at the heart of European history.
Reception complements
People with visual impairments can listen to many sound testimonies, mechanical piano tactile visit.
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