Musée d'histoire du Valais

Om museet

The museum is housed in the former residences of the canons in the fortified castle village of Valère, where the cathedral chapter has lived since the 12th century. Its beginnings go back to 1829, when a Jesuit teacher at the college in Sion began collecting natural specimens and the first antiquities. After a cantonal archaeological commission was founded in 1879, the first room opened in 1883 as the "Musée archéologique" on Valère. An agreement with the cathedral chapter in 1891 secured the museum the use of the secular buildings of the castle village, provided the canton maintains them.

In the course of the 20th century the collection grew considerably; newly refurbished buildings were added in 1904 and 1963, and several offshoots emerged from the museum, including the art museum. Between 2004 and 2009 the holdings of the military and archaeological collections were reunited in the museum, which has since operated as the Musée d'histoire du Valais.

Today the permanent exhibition "L'histoire culturelle du Valais" shows around a thousand original objects in 27 rooms, supplemented by models and multimedia stations. The tour leads in chronological order from the hunter-gatherers of the Palaeolithic through the Romans, the medieval prince-bishops and mercenary service to industrialisation and present-day tourism. In total the collection comprises about 50,000 objects, including the Neolithic menhir stelae of Petit-Chasseur, medieval chests and a coat-of-arms shield with an eagle, as well as the Guigoz collection of antiquities.

Højdepunkter

• Permanent exhibition on the cultural history of Valais in 27 rooms
• Medieval chests and an eagle shield as an example of heraldry
• Neolithic stelae from the Petit-Chasseur necropolis
• Treasure of the Basilica of Valère
• Fortified castle village of Valère with views over Sion

Permanent udstilling

• L'histoire culturelle du Valais – De la Préhistoire à nos jours – Around a thousand original objects, models and multimedia stations tell the history of Valais in 27 rooms, from the hunter-gatherers to present-day tourism.

Grundlagt

1883

Ejer

Musées cantonaux du Valais (Kanton Wallis)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: On the first weekend of every month (Saturday and Sunday), admission to the cantonal museums is free.

Payment in cash in francs or by credit and debit card, no Twint. Free admission with, among others, Abobo, AG culturel, Carte Ambassadeurs Valais Wallis, AMS, KulturLegi (Caritas), ICOM, Raiffeisen card, guest card of the Sion tourist information office, Pass bienvenue Sion–Sierre, SBB museum pass, Swiss Museum Pass, Ferienpass, Petit Léonard and Swiss Travel Pass; also free for public Valais school classes, day-care centres, media professionals and the Amis de Valère. 50 percent discount with the Passeport valaisan, Pass Saint-Bernard, Pass Hérensard, Pass 100% Nax région, Pass Anzère Liberté, Chamoson and Saillon guest cards, Hôpital du Valais and the Le Nouvelliste subscriber card.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: ingen oplysninger
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The museum is in historic buildings with cobblestones and steps, and access is difficult for people with reduced mobility; Pro Infirmis provides details. The museum offers tailor-made tours for deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors. Animals are not allowed, except guide dogs.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Barnevognsvenlig: findes ikke
• Børnefødselsdage

Family trail with games and creative activities, children's audio guides and touch stations, as well as children's birthdays at the museum. Prams are difficult because of the cobblestones and steps.

Transport & parkering

By car via the A9 motorway, exit Sion-Est. The castle village of Valère can only be reached on foot via the Rue des Châteaux (uphill from Place Maurice Zermatten). Taxis go as far as Place Maurice Zermatten.

Service & spisesteder

• Opbevaringsskabe

Lockers in the museum.

Arrangementer & udlejning

The cantonal museums rent out rooms in other venues (including the terrace of the art museum and the courtyard of the natural history museum); for Valère the website lists no rooms.

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