Museums

Museum of AOP Abondance cheese: sensory route from alpine pastures to ripening cellars, tasting included. €5.50 adult, DUO Abbey ticket €9.

In the heart of Alby-sur-Chéran's medieval village, the Shoemaking Museum traces 300 years of cobblers' tradition. Free entry, open June-August.

Scientific, Technical & Industrial Culture Centre in Cran-Gevrier (Annecy): interactive exhibitions, workshops and events. Adult €5.50, under 18 €3.

New Animated Film Museum at the Haras d'Annecy, opening 19 June 2026: 'Musées de France' collection, 450 sqm permanent exhibition, 332-seat cinema.

Castle of the Counts of Geneva on a rocky spur: alpine art, UNESCO lake archaeology, Alpine Lakes Observatory. Adult 6.50-7 EUR.

Medieval prison-courthouse on an islet in the Thiou, symbol of Annecy since the 12th century. CIAP, exhibitions. Adult 4-5 EUR, joint Château ticket 8-9 EUR.

Contemporary art centre of national interest, labelled by the Ministry of Culture in 2020. Free for all. Wed-Sun 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Parc Montessuit.

Museum of Fauna at Bellevaux: 200+ naturalised mountain animals in reconstructed habitats, audio interactive stations. Adult €4, child €3.

Renovated Crystal Museum and Mountaineering Centre in the heart of Chamonix: 1,900 Mont-Blanc mineralogy pieces. Adult €8, free under 18.

Chamonix heritage centre on rue des Moulins: archives, 1924 Olympics centenary exhibition. Adult €5, free under 18. CLOSED until 30 June 2026.

Former Chamonix Alpine Museum, rebranded Musée du Mont-Blanc. Largest mountain museum in France, 1,800 sqm. Reopens 11 July 2026.

Medieval ruins of the Château de Chaumont (former châtellenie of the counts of Geneva, razed c. 1630): guided tours of the village by the Heritage Guides.

Granges de Servette Museum: contemporary art (Lyon school) and 1,000+ old tools at Chens-sur-Léman. Free entry, summer 3-7 pm.

Watchmaking and Bar-Turning Museum at Cluses: the world's largest collection of escapements. €5 adult, free under 12. Espace Carpano & Pons.

Collection of Buisse-Bottazzi film projectors (1946-2007) at Douvaine. Philippe Piccot Museum open every Tuesday in July-August, 2:30-5:30 pm.

Aviation association museum at Excenevex: aircraft, helicopters and gliders under restoration since 1992. Flight simulator, free access.

Archaeology museum of the Gallo-Roman vicus Casuaria. Outstanding collections, adjacent crypt church. Adult €4, free under 5. 3-site pass €7.

5,000+ butterflies and insects from 5 continents at Château de Faverges. The only museum of its kind in Savoie/Haute-Savoie. Adult 4 EUR, 3-site pass 8 EUR.

Regional art and folklore museum at Fessy: 20,000 rural objects by Bernard Lacroix, in an 18th-c. farm. Summer Thursday guided tours, €5.

Savoyard Pottery Museum at Évires (Fillière): 2,000 pieces from the 12th century to the 1930s under a 19th-century timber frame. Guided visit by appointment, Easter to All Saints.

Nature Museum at Gruffy: mountain wildlife, glass hive, educational garden and conservation orchard. Single fee €6. Lake Annecy area.

Remains of the Gothic château of the marquises of Lullin (15th c.) burnt down by the SS in December 1943, at Habere-Lullin in the Vallee Verte. Free access.

Old Ski Museum in a 1783 farmhouse at La Chapelle-d'Abondance: skis from 1900, sealskins, sleds, snowshoes. €4, by SMS booking.

Mechanical Music Museum in Les Gets: 1,000 instruments (orchestrions, pianos, automata). Guided visit 10 EUR, family 38 EUR. Open Dec-Oct.

Folk arts and traditions museum of Les Houches in a 1750 house. Albert Laprade collection. Adult 5 EUR, free under 18. CCVCMB pass 25 EUR/year.

Ruins of the Chateau Saint-Michel-du-Lac at Les Houches, fortress of Beatrice de Faucigny (c. 1290), free access through the forest between Servoz and the Hameau du Lac.

Remains of the 14th-century Château de Lullin: an enclosure wall against the presbytery with arrow slits, the last witness of the Faucigny fortress in the Haute-Savoie pre-Alps.

Interpretation centre of Megève's Calvary (14 chapels 1840-1878, Historic Monument). Inaugurated 2013 at the Hermitage. Free entry; €5.50 guided tour.

Interpretation centre of the Salève massif at Présilly: geology, fauna, flora, cable-car. Adult €6, family €15, free with Geneva Pass.

Municipal museum 'Notre Histoire' at Rumilly: 5 place de la Manufacture, exhibitions on the town and its area. €3.70, free under 22 and on Wednesdays.

Sacred art museum in the 18th-c. former presbytery of Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce: baroque Savoyard sculptures, silverware and liturgical ornaments.

Medieval remains of the Comtal de Ternier castle at Saint-Julien-en-Genevois: seat of the châtellenie ceded to the Counts of Geneva, separated from La Poype by a defensive ditch.

Traditional 1815 farm turned ecomuseum at Samoëns: 2,000+ utensils, cuzna, pèle, byre, bread oven. Adult €8, under 12 free.

Small local museum in Sciez: fossil collections, Alpine geology, prehistory of the Lake Geneva shore. Open seasonally or by appointment.

Haute-Savoie Firefighters Museum at Sciez: hand pumps, vehicles, uniforms 1900-2026. Adult €5, child €3.50. Domaine de Guidou.

Free interpretation centre in the oldest house in the Chamonix valley: mountain agriculture, ethnobotany, animated 3D model.

Family-run bell foundry since 1796 on Lake Annecy: museum, tour of the working foundry, casting on Thursdays. Adult €9.50, free under 10.

Immersive museum at Sevrier on 19th-century Savoyard life by Lake Annecy: playful trails, puzzle-games for families. Adult €7, family €22.

Chablais history museum in the 1666 Château de Sonnaz in Thonon. Adult 3.50 EUR, free under 18 and every Sunday. Open mid-May to mid-November.

The only place with aquariums in Haute-Savoie, at the Port de Rives. 2 Lake Geneva aquariums, fishermen's huts. Adult €3.50, free under 18 and every Sunday.

Heritage Museum of the Pays de Thônes (Musée de France label): history, prehistory, crafts, religious art and Fête des Sapeurs costumes. Free under 12.

19th-century hydraulic sawmill in Thônes (Aravis): live water-powered sawing demonstration, forest trail, kids' workshops from age 6. Adult €7.

Vallorcine museum in a 1705 house listed as a Monument Historique. Traditional alpine architecture, open July–August. Adult €5, free under 18.

Free community museum of building trades: 3 floors of historic tools. Cercle des Compagnons du Bâtiment. Wed-Fri 2.30-5pm, Sun 9.30am-12.30pm.

PAYSALP Peasant Museum at Viuz-en-Sallaz: immersive 500 m² staging of mountain life 1850-1950, 1924 schoolroom. €7 adult, €5 child.

Paysalp's alpine heritage media library and conservation centre at Viuz-en-Sallaz. Mémoire Alpine database, free consultation. Mon–Fri 9 am–5 pm. 800 av. de Savoie.

Faucigny peasant heritage ecomuseum since 1980, ecomuseum label 2003. 8 sites, 500 m² immersive display on rural life 1850–1950. Adult €7, free under 5.

14th-century fortified manor in the heart of Évian-les-Bains with its Herbularius medieval-inspired garden (sage, rosemary, fennel, horseradish), laid out in 2011.

Former thermal establishment (1902) converted into an exhibition space. Full price €9, reduced €7, free under 16. Painting, sculpture, photography exhibitions.