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Museums and Discovery Centres: knowledge for all
The Pays du Mont-Blanc is a place of discovery and exchange - and can be visited in a thousand and one ways. Because not all history can be seen in the open air, many villages and natural sites have opened instructive and enjoyable museums, showrooms and discovery centres.
The history of the Pays du Mont-Blanc is so rich and diversified that with a little effort it can be an inspirational source of knowledge. The history of mountains is the history of people. The first guides, landscapers, scientists, painters, writers and photographers all looked at the mountains with a mixture of wonder, daring and creativity. They have left a legacy of studies, paintings, objects and testimonials which are all signs of committed and enthralling lives. From Chamonix-Mont-Blanc to Megève, from Passy to Servoz, museums, exhibitions and reconstitutions take you on a fabulous journey through time and the very modern passions of these extraordinary personalities.
Reading the contours, on the other hand, requires scientific or historical explanations essential to understand what has already been and what the future might hold. Geology, wildlife, botany, the history of glaciation, climatic changes, ecosystems and biological diversity... the history of the Earth is concentrated in the Pays du Mont-Blanc. Imagined, created and staged by leading scientists and teachers, the discovery centres and showrooms make all these beautiful lessons from nature accessible to everyone.
