Museums
The museums share the culture of the Val d’Aran, a strategic border territory throughout its history. Within its rooms the visitor will find singular documents and objects which aid in the understanding of the Aranese lands.
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- La torre del Generau Martinhon is a 17th-Century stately home located in Vielha.
- Ecomusèu çò de Joanchiquet is in Major Street, in Vilamòs, one othe the Aranese villages which best keeps the traditional architecture of the valley
- Temporary Exposition Location
- This museum contains a rich exposition of snow from different points of view: scientific, ethnographic and sports
- ETH CORRAU is something unique. It is an example and an exposition of things and objects that define a culture, its traditions, the work life and the old arts and crafts.
- The PyrenMuseu is a one of a kind cultural museum which gives the visitor the opportunity to discover the fascinating adventure lived by the first explorers and pioneers of the Pyrenees up to the birth of tourism
- One of the first references to the existence of a documentary archive on La Val d´Aran is to be found in the Ordinacions by Juan Francisco Gracia, in 1616. The text refers to a chest containing ancient documents of the valley located in the vaults of the church of Sant Miquel de Vielha