Saint-Gervais

Maison forte de Hautetour

2024

  • Service culturel de Saint-Gervais

Address

114 passage Mont Joux,
74170 Saint-Gervais

A former 13th-century fortified house, restored and inaugurated in 2012, the Maison forte de Hautetour presents a permanent exhibition dedicated to the discovery of the high mountains and the profession of mountain guide. At the same time, the Saint-Gervais cultural department diversifies the museum's program by offering temporary exhibitions every year, aimed at the Mont-Blanc valley's inhabitants, schoolchildren and tourists. For over ten years, the Maison forte de Hautetour has been promoting culture in all its forms, echoing the permanent exhibition. Thanks to the Archipel Art Contemporain residency program, the museum has become a center of creation and research for artists, enabling a variety of projects to be carried out, showcasing the different artistic practices of contemporary creation.

Opening hours:

School vacations (July and August): Tuesday to Friday: 10:00-12:30 / 14:00-18:00 Sunday: 14:00-18:00

Other school vacations : Tuesday to Friday: 14:00-18:00

Off-peak : Tuesday to Thursday: 14:00-18:00

In relation to

  • Résonance

Imagining the mountain, 10 years of contemporary research and creation at Saint-Gervais

Maison forte de Hautetour

How do we look at the mountains today?

A source of inspiration and transformation, the mountain's materials, landscapes and uses are observed, magnified and worked on in singular ways in the works presented. Over the years, more than fifteen artists have been invited to Saint-Gervais. Painters, draughtsmen, photographers, sculptors, sound and video artists, they have sought to question what makes the mountains today: how do we look at these landscapes? What do they tell us about their past and their future? What images of the mountains can be produced to activate new imaginations? How do artists use the mountains as a laboratory for artistic experimentation, but also to highlight the changes that are taking place?

  • Résonance

Meteodrome

Maison forte de Hautetour

Artists Timothée Engasser, Théo Peruchon and Jérémy Saint-Léger have been invited to take up a research and creative residency at the Maison forte de Hautetour in spring-summer 2024, where they will explore future climatic events in the Mont-Blanc region and the meteorological rituals and rituals associated with them.