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Musée des Cristaux - Espace Tairraz

Esplanade St Michel
615 allée du Recteur Payot
74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

Tel : +33(0)4 50 55 53 93
Email : espace.tairraz@chamonix.fr


The museum’s completion is the culmination of a collaboration between the Mineralogy Club and the town of Chamonix.

This facility is intended as a "site" museum that gives pride of place to minerals from Mont Blanc, which are known throughout the world, particularly smoked quartz and pink fluorspars. The exhibits come from the club’s collections, the Musée Alpin (municipal collection), the "Lesage" collection bought by the municipal authority and the club, and others are on loan from crystal specialists and collectors.

The "Espace Tairraz" propose also the interactive mounteering exhibition.


RatesAdult : 5 €
Child : free of charge (Free for child under 18 yrs (with family).)
Reduced fare upon presentation of the voucher : 4,50 €.
( Guest card, resident, seasonal, senior, student, local, large family, disabled).
Group rates ( from 15 persons) :
Adult : 3,40 € - Child : 1,60 €

Entrance to the Alpine Museum allows free access to Espace Tairraz (temporary exhibition and Museum of Crystals).

Opening timesThroughout the year : open daily from 2 PM to 6 PM.
During school holidays open from 10AM to noon and from 2 PM to 7 PM.
Associated pages :» Musée alpin
» Espace Tairraz - L'Espace Alpinisme
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