Glacier Museum

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Chemin Jean-Pierre Perraudin 9, 1948 Lourtier

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The Maison des Glaciers is dedicated to Jean-Pierre Perraudin, a pioneer of glacial theory. It explores the connection between the Giétro icefall and glacial theory, natural disasters, observations of the Alpine landscape, and personal accounts.

In 1993, the home of Jean-Pierre Perraudin (1767–1858) – a farmer from Lourtier, a self-taught man and keen observer – became the Maison des Glaciers. In this listed building, the new exhibition design from 2018 is woven around the observation of the Alpine landscape. But, as the museum’s former curator, Marguerite Perraudin, explains, it is an active and curious observation that nourishes the mind: “As my mum used to say, with your eyes and ears you can steal anything”! The first floor adopts Jean-Pierre Perraudin’s perspective to recount life in days gone by, exploring the link between the Giétro ice-fall of 1818 and glacial theory. On the second floor, life in the mountains is examined in relation to natural disasters and memory.