Museobar - Border museum

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.

Description

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.

Additional welcome

People with visual impairments can listen to many sound testimonies, mechanical piano tactile visit.

Services

• Guided group tours
• Unguided individual tours

Environments

• Town location
• Close to a public transportation
• In center of town
• Station district
• Bus station under 300 m

Rates

From 23/12/2024 to 20/04/2025
Adult: 4.50 € Reduced price: 2
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.

Payment methods

• Check
• Cash

Opening 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.

Spoken languages

• German
• English
• Spanish
• French
• Italian
• Dutch
• Polish

Location

Animals

Pets allowed : No

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.