Museum · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · Isère

Musée de la Grande Chartreuse

One of the places to visit in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse is Musée de la Grande Chartreuse, a museum. Another 4 places to visit lie within 5 km. A short trip away is Grande Chartreuse, 1.5 km off.

Where

In Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse

inside the commune

How well known

Top 9%

#3,165 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–25°C

In brief

Museum in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#3,165 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse

Musée de la Grande Chartreuse is in the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

How the seasons run

May to September are the warmest in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, with afternoon highs of 18–25°C.

Jan5° / -2°95 mm

Feb6° / -2°71 mm

Mar11° / 1°80 mm

Apr14° / 4°85 mm

May18° / 7°94 mm

Jun22° / 11°75 mm

Jul25° / 13°67 mm

Aug25° / 13°80 mm

Sep20° / 10°93 mm

Oct15° / 7°103 mm

Nov9° / 2°119 mm

Dec5° / -1°102 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Monestier station, 48 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse’s full climate →

About

Musée de la Grande Chartreuse

It is written up in 3 Wikipedias.

Musée de la Grande Chartreuse on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Type: Museum
Covered in: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, Isère
Official site: musee-grande-chartreuse.fr/fr

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Plan your visit

Visiting: the details

HoursApr–May, Sep–Nov: Mon–Wed, Fri, Sat 14:00–18:00, Jun: Mon–Wed, Fri, Sat 10:00–12:30, Jun: Fri–Wed, public holidays 14:00–18:30, Jun: Sun 14:00–18:30, Jul–Aug: Mon–Sat 10:00–12:30, 14:00–18:30, 14:00–18:30

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Mapping Musée de la Grande Chartreuse

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Musée de la Grande Chartreuse is the orange one.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

The 8 towns are led in size by Crolles, with 8,609 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in this commune

Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse

1,003 people

2 · 6.7 km northwest of it

Saint-Laurent-du-Pont

4,490 people

3 · 10 km southeast of it

Crolles

8,609 people

4 · 11 km southeast of it

Bernin

3,334 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Musée de la Grande Chartreuse is	People
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse	It’s in this commune	1,003
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont	6.7 km northwest of it	4,490
Crolles	10 km southeast of it	8,609
Bernin	11 km southeast of it	3,334
Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes	12 km southeast of it	3,016
Saint-Ismier	12 km south of it	7,165
Le Touvet	12 km east of it	3,116
Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey	12 km west of it	2,619

Make a day of it

Close to Musée de la Grande Chartreuse

Within 15 km are 53 places, among them 3 monasteries, 2 attractions and a museum.

1Monastery or conventMonastery or conventGrande Chartreuse1.5 km north, in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse 2Monastery or conventMonastery or conventChartreuse de Currières4 km west, in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont 3MuseumMuseumMusée Arcabas en Chartreuse3.2 km south, in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse 4AttractionAttractionTour Isabelle9.1 km east, in Plateau-des-Petites-Roches 5Monastery or conventMonastery or conventCorrerie100 m west, in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse 6AbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame-de-Chalais11 km southwest, in Voreppe 7

ChâteauChâteau du Touvet12 km east, in Le Touvet 8AttractionAttractionFort du Saint-Eynard13 km south, in Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Musée de la Grande Chartreuse in questions

Where is Musée de la Grande Chartreuse?

Musée de la Grande Chartreuse is in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, in Isère (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).

What is Musée de la Grande Chartreuse?

Museum in France.

How well known is Musée de la Grande Chartreuse?

Musée de la Grande Chartreuse has 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #3,165 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Musée de la Grande Chartreuse?

May to September are the warmest months in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, with afternoon highs of 18–25°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Musée de la Grande Chartreuse?

Within 15 km: Grande Chartreuse (1.5 km), Chartreuse de Currières (4 km), Musée Arcabas en Chartreuse (3.2 km) and Tour Isabelle (9.1 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Château du Touvet: Patrice78500, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.