Museo della Fontina e Centro Visitatori

About the museum

The visitor centre opened in 2003, set up by the Cooperativa Produttori Latte e Fontina in its warehouse at Valpelline, in the hamlet of Frissonière (around 1,150 metres above sea level), to explain the Fontina DOP supply chain to visitors.

The route is divided into three sections devoted to history, the territory and the transformation of milk into cheese, with a film, a photo gallery and a small museum. The visit continues into the warehouse, where staff explain how each wheel is tended by hand during maturing; part of the warehouses is located inside an old copper mine.

The building is on two floors and also includes a space devoted to Valdostan crafts, a projection room, a multimedia station and a shop.

Highlights

• Small museum on the history of Fontina DOP
• Film on cheese production
• Visit to the maturing warehouses
• Warehouse set in an old copper mine
• Space devoted to Valdostan crafts

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso sulla Fontina DOP – Three sections on history, the territory and the transformation of milk into Fontina, with a film, a photo gallery and a visit to the maturing warehouses.

Founded

2003

Operated by

Cooperativa Produttori Latte e Fontina

Visitors per year

approx. 6,000

Admission & discounts

The €6 ticket covers the visit to the centre and to the maturing warehouses.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

From the Milan/Turin–Aosta motorway, follow the signs for the Great St Bernard Pass and then for the SR 28 towards Bionaz; from Aosta take the SS 27 towards the Great St Bernard Pass and at Variney the SR 28 towards Bionaz.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Shop selling the cooperative's products at the visitor centre.

Events & venue rental

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