Museum of Watchmaking and Turning

Discover the museum, a true timepiece of the industrial and social history of the Arve valley. Follow the evolution of the know-how of peasant watchmakers from the XNUMXth century to the emergence of bar turning during the industrial revolution.

Original by its history and its collections, the Museum of Watchmaking and Décolletage is worth a detour. Initiated at the dawn of the XNUMXth century by the Ecole Nationale d'Horlogerie de Cluses, the museum had a dual vocation: to collect old time measuring instruments (the oldest piece dates from the XNUMXth century) and to preserve the memory of local industry.

Today located in the Espace Carpano & Pons, a former industrial site, the museum also evokes the history of the Watchmaking School by presenting in particular a unique set of models of escapements manufactured in Cluses.

Themed guided tours, dramatized tours, educational workshops and temporary exhibitions are regularly offered and will allow everyone to discover, learn and marvel at the masterpieces that this museum conceals.

Additional Information :
A mediator is always present to answer all your questions.

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In detail

• 46.056437
• 6.579952
• On the second floor of the Carpano & Pons space building. Parking reserved for school and tourist buses: 2 spaces

From 16/01 to 29/06/2024 between 14 a.m. and 18 p.m.
Closed Monday and Sunday.
Exceptional closures on Easter Monday, Ascension Thursday, Whit Monday, May 1 and May 8.
Exceptional openings on 04/02, 03/03, 07/04, 05/05 and 02/06.
Closed between 12 p.m. and 14 p.m.
Open for free on the 1st Sunday of each month.

From 01/07 to 31/08, daily from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m.
Exceptional closures on July 14 and August 15.
Closed between 12 p.m. and 14 p.m.
Last paid entry at 17:30 p.m.

From 01 / 09 / 2023 to 29 / 06 / 2024.

From 01/07 to 31/08/2024
Reduced price: € 3 (under 26, large family, job seeker and RSA beneficiary, disabled person, holders of: leisure card, CEZAM card, COS Cluses card.)
Adult: 5 €
Adult group: €3 (without guide, from 10 people).

Group rate from 10 people.

Free every first Sunday of the month (from October to June)

Free (on presentation of proof):
child under 12 accompanying an adult, museum association and AAAE members, Haute-Savoie tourist identity card, ICOM card, Pass Empreintes, Pass Vacances, press card, tour guides, interpreter guides, heritage guides Savoie Mont Blanc, group guide, promotional days (heritage day, museum night, Tourism and Disability days)

Guided tours :
From 10 people, € 2 per visitor + € 35 guide package.
For more than 25 people, provide 2 guides, i.e. a fixed price of €70 + €2/visitor.

Payment method

• Bank / credit card
• Cheque
• Classic Holiday Vouchers
• Cash

Equipments

• Parking
• Coach parking
• Parking nearby
• defibrillator
• Elevator
• Toilets

Services

• Educational visits
• Mandatory reservation
• Theme visit
• Shop
• Tourist Documentation
• Guided tours

• Tourism and Handicap brand - hearing impairment
• Tourism and Handicap brand - mental disability
• Tourism and Handicap brand - motor impairment
• Tourism and Handicap brand - visual impairment

• Groups of 10 to 50 people welcome