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Clockmaking and Screwmachining Museum


Espace Carpano et Pons 100, place du 11 Novembre
74300 Cluses
Téléphone : 04 50 96 43 00

A propos

Discover the Museum, a real timepiece of the industrial and social history of the Arve's valley. Follow the evolution of the farmer-watchmakers' skills from the XVIIIth century until the advent of the screwcutting technology during the industrial revolution.

Original by its history and its collections, the museum is worth the trip. Instituted at the early XXth century by the National School of Clockmaking of Cluses, the museum used to have 2 vocations : to collect ancient time measure instruments (oldest piece is from 16e century) and to save the local industrial memories.

Located into the Espace Carpano & Pons, an old factory, the museum presents also the story of the National School of Clockmaking by presenting unique pieces of clockmaking made by the pupils in Cluses.

Theme guided tours, theatric visits, workshops, temporary exhibitions are organized all the year round and will make you discover the treasures of the museum.

Services & Equipement

  • Lift
  • Toilets
  • Car park
  • Defibrillator
  • Parking
  • Coach parking
  • Guided individual tours
  • Guided group tours
  • Educational visits
  • Booking obligatory
  • Themed tour
  • Shop
  • Tourist brochures
  • Guided tours
  • Unguided individual tours

Ouverture

From 01/12/2022 to 30/06/2023 between 2 pm and 6 pm.
Closed Monday and Sunday.
Closed exceptionally on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th.
Open exceptionally on 04/12/2022, 05/02/2023, 05/03/2023, 02/04/2023 and 07/05/2023.

Tarifs


Gratuité Pass Pro tourisme

Reduced price: 3 € (for people under 26, large family, job seeker, RSA, people with disabilities, owners of : carte loisirs, carte CEZAM, carte COS.)
Adult: 5 €
Group adults: 3 € (without guide).

Group rate available for > 10 people.

Free each first sunday of the month (between October and May).

Free for (on presentation of a documentary proof) :
Children under 12 with an adult, members of the Museum association and the AAAE, tourist ID card of Haute-Savoie, carte ICOM, Pass Empreintes, Pass Vacances, Press card, lecturer-guide's card, interpreter-guides, heritage guides of Savoie Mont Blanc, group attendant, special days (European Heritage Days, Night of the Museums, Tourism and Handicap Days, etc)

Guided tours :
From 10 people, 2€ per visitor + 35€ for a guide package.

Free each first sunday of the month (between October and May).

Free for (on presentation of a documentary proof) :
Children under 12 with an adult, members of the Museum association and the AAAE, tourist ID card of Haute-Savoie, carte ICOM, Pass Empreintes, Pass Vacances, Press card, lecturer-guide's card, interpreter-guides, heritage guides of Savoie Mont Blanc, group attendant, special days (European Heritage Days, Night of the Museums, Tourism and Handicap Days, etc)

Guided tours :
From 10 people, 2€ per visitor + 35€ for a guide package.

Modes de paiement

  • Bank/credit card
  • Check
  • Travellers Cheque
  • Cash

Complément accueil

A cultural mediator is always present to answer your questions.

Groupes

Nombre de personne minimum : 10

Nombre de personne maximum : 50

Langues parlées

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Italian