Name: [Rescheduled/Delayed] Maison Bergès - Museum of White Coal (Hydro Power)
Start: 2025-12-06T10:05:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-06T14:05:00+01:00
Location: Place Victor Hugo

=== Summary ===

New/Never Before Visited Museum!

An Arts and History museum located in the petite village of VILLARD-BONNOT, just east of Grenoble, located within the family home (Mansion) of industrialist Aristide Bergès, who was responsible for bringing some of the first industry to the region.

This museum has the Nickname "White of Coal Museum" because it contains art, engineering, and history.

=== About the Museum ===

"In the heart of the Alps, at the foot of the Belledonne massif in Villard-Bonnot, the museum evokes the birth of hydroelectricity and pays tribute to the men who participated in this adventure, the source of major technological and economic development. Installed in the residence marked by the Art Nouveau of the innovative engineer Aristide Bergès, this exceptional place of memory subtly mixes arts and industry."

=== Current Temporary Exhibitions ===

[ RENNOVATION: The museum will be closed from March 31 to May 2, 2025 (inclusive) to prepare to welcome you in better conditions.
The top floor of the museum will not be accessible to people with reduced mobility until the work is completed (mid-June).]

=== Agenda ===

Unfortunately, this museum is not in walking distance.

We must take a Regional bus (known previously TransIsere), and not a city bus or Tram.

-> 8:45 to 09:00 Meet / Gather at Prefecture [ C9 ] Bus Stop
-> 09:00: Board Isere/Regional bus [C9]
-> 09:45 De-board at bus stop [VILLARD-BONNOT] (\~40 minutes)
-> 09:50-10:00: Walk \~ 600 meters to Museum
-> 10:00 to 11:30: Visit Museum and Grounds
-> 11:45 Walk \~ 600 meters back to Bus Stop
-> 12:05 Board Return Bus [ C9 ] to Grenoble
-> 12:45 Arrive back in Grenoble

(End of Event, find a Café / Pizza / Snacks / Boba / Beers / etc. near Plaza Victor Hugo)

C9 Bus schedule:
https://www.reso-m.fr/ftp/fiche_horaires/fiche_horaires_2014/HORAIRES_C9.pdf

NOTE: As an emergency option, if the return bus were to somehow not be running, late, full, or missed there is a TER train station in this village with a train departing to Grenoble at 15:30.

(We can also call a group of taxis, as it is not so far)

=== Additional Information / URLs ===

You can read more about about the current exhibits at the following sites:

https://www.facebook.com/MaisonBerges
https://musees.isere.fr/musee/maison-berges
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_Berg%C3%A8s

Brian A. Seklecki

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