With its head in the mountains, and yet very close to Grenoble, Uriage is a spa resort in the Belledonne Range, whose splendid park has managed to keep the "belle époque" atmosphere.

Period of opening : Every day throughout the year.
Closed Saturday and Sunday.

Medical sciences museum of Grenoble was created in 1992 thanks to the initiative of several hospital decision makers concerned about preserving the history of their institution.
The preservantion of the hospital's heritage, undertaken by many hospital workers long before the creation of the association, is a field in which the CHU of Grenoble invests itself fully, thus opening its doors in partly to the cultural sphere. A building filled with history was made available to the Grenoble Museum of Medical Science at the northern hospital--the old chapel of Tuberculosis victims, also called the Chapel of the Asylum for the Aged, named for the ensemble of pavillons in which it is located. Today, the geographic situation and the theme of the museum make it an unusual site at the heart of the hospital where ideas can come together and debates can take place. One of the hospital's objectives and one of the museum's missions is to showcase the hospitals rich collection, but also to change mentalities and do away with preconceived notions, making the hospital a place just like any other. Basically, it's all about showing what the hospital once was, what it is today, at the same time much like other hospitals and specific thanks to its location in Grenoble.

Period of opening : From 09/01 to 30/09, every Tuesday between 12.30 pm and 5 pm.

Prices : Free museum
Access : Tramway B stop Michallon

The Resistance and Deportation Museum is designed to be a true history museum.
The Resistance and deportation are approached through local history, the people, and the episodes that took place.
The Resistance and Deportation Museum is designed to be a true history museum, even if it also serves as a memorial site. The Resistance and deportation are approached through local history, the people, and the episodes that took place.

Six main themes are developed inside the museum:
-The beginning of the Resistance, a pivotal moment for Grenoble. Few French cities saw resistance movements grow in as many groups and situations as Grenoble did.

-The resistance fighters and their preponderant position in the Isere department, from 1943 on. They all communicated via Grenoble, which was thus baptized “capital of the resistance fighters.”

-The situation of Grenoble’s and Isere’s Jewish population, from the 1930s to the time of the German occupation.

-The violent repression that struck the directors of the main resistant movements, especially at the end of 1943, during what is called the “Grenoble Saint Barthelemy,” and the deportation which revealed the monstrosity of Nazi logic.

-The Liberation and the role of the Departmental Committee of National Liberation, born out of the “Monaco” meeting, where the representatives of the Resistance decided to rally their actions around the values of the French Republic.

-Current resistance movements, because today, the Nazi ideology has yet to completely disappear and many countries suffer from totalitarian or terrorist regimes.

The visit, which follows the chronology of events, is divided between the museum’s three levels.
- On the first floor: a first sequence, dedicated to the outbreak and events of the world conflict as they were lived in Grenoble and Isere. An important event from this period: Marshall Pétain’s visit to Grenoble on March 19, 1941. An amateur video from the event recounts the important moments.

- On the second floor: The visitor is transported through several different, separated areas where the idea of the Resistance was born. Six different places are recreated. The visitor first crosses through a Grenoble street, scene of student and other youth protests, the dining room of Marie Reynoard, head of the Isere chapter of “Combat,” the office of René Gosse, head of the Grenoble college of sciences and member of the “Marco Polo” network, etc.
The visit continues with a presentation of the Isere resistant fighters, a relief map where the maquis, sabotages, and parachuting sites light up at the push of a button.

- On the third floor, the chronology continues with the presentation of the tragic events that defined the German occupation: collaboration, sabotage, repression, and deportation. One of the highlights of the visit: three doors from prison cells built by the Gestapo in the building located at 28 cours Berriat, Grenoble, marked with inscriptions from those held captive. The visit ends with the Liberation and the restoration of the values of the French Republic. Another area deals with today’s Resistance values, for which many people continue to fight.

Over thirty years of acquisitions and donations, more than 5,000 objects and documents make up the museum’s collection. The collection is precious not only because of its age, but also by the breadth and quality of the documents: more than 80 posters, original drawings, numerous photos, printed documents (tracts, reports, brochures), copies of regional newspapers (with some complete collections, such as with “les Allobroges”), and of course objects (transmission and sabotage material, everyday objects from life during the Occupation, etc.).
This collection was completed with audio archives starting in 1990, made up of interviews from hundred of Resistance and deportation veterans. Carefully inventoried as part of digital cataloguing, these collections were declared to be of public interest on June 17, 1993 by the Artistic Council of Directors of the Museums of France. This recognition bestows upon the Isere Resistance and Deportation Museum the status of “inspected museum,” and also that of “Museum of France.”

Period of opening : All year round
Opening hours on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 9 am and 6 pm. On Tuesday between 1.30 pm and 6 pm. On Saturday and Sunday between 10 am and 6 pm.
Closed exceptionally on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th.

Prices : Free of charge.

Founded in the XIXth centuruty, in the vegetal shelter of the Jardin des Plantes, the Museum of Grenoble is nowadays a space when you will be able to meet, to be welcomed and to share knowledge on the Sciences of Human, Life and Earth. An experiment to be shared with your family !
The Museum collections are evenly used during permanent or temporary exhibitions, and are declined in several animations: workshops, films, lectures, debates...

With 6 available rooms, the Museum of Natural History of Grenoble, is for its visitors, a space of conservation and presentation of the natural inheritance, and a remarkable spot of diffusion of scientific knowledge.

> Room of the Living Mountain:
This room was designed to serve as a genuine meeting place with the natural world and the different animal species, a place to visit before or after an excursion into the actual natural world, to compare one's impressions on-site with the museum's specimens. The room is hardly stagnant, closed to the outside world. It is rather a dynamic exhibit, open to the Alpine world where one can explore the natural diversity from diaporama to diaporama.

>Crystal Symphonie Room :
This 13 faceted cavern presents the visitor with a curious and marvellous invitation into the crystal world. Mineral from some of the world's largest mineralogical sites are presented. Unusual shapes and colors make visitors wonder just how such creations were formed.

> Atlas Room:
"You can see, feel, hear, and turn the pages of the giant book of the planet."
The interactive element of this room seeks to spark children's curiosity.
The various games in front of the display windows create a strong interaction between the youngest visitors, their parents, and the objects presented.
Here, one can see, hear, and touch all at the same time.
Two different environments, along with the mammals that inhabit them, are there to marvel visitors: a temperate forest, and an African savannah.

> Birth of the Alps:
What were the Alps like before? This near permanent exhibit was recently renovated and allows visitors to situate and understand the formation of the Alps in the context of the Earth's long history. From window to window, the visit begins in the Archean era and moves through geological time towards the Quaternary era.

> Alpine mineralogical sites
The Dauphiné mountains most typical specimens and the crystal discoveries from the Alps' most famous mines are presented here.

> In the Earth's own words
The evolution of life as told by exceptional fossils. 101 original pieces, from some of the world's largest fossil sites, are displayed in this new room.
A sober, contemporary museography, thought out for the most diverse audience possible, where the furniture and the use of space suggest the indispensable mapping grid so dear to professional archeologists. The layout highlights the beauty of the objects, the evocative strength of the fossils, still embedded in their gangue.

> The Botanical Garden
A magnificent garden belonging to the Natural History Museum, the garden presents rare trees, 300 m2 of botanical greenhouses, 700m2 of winter gardens, for a total of 20,000 m2.
The first botanical garden of Grenoble was founded in 1782. It was re-established in 1842 on a plot of land purchased by the city, between the rue Haxo and the rue Chanrion.

Period of opening : From 01/01 to 31/12
Opening hours on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 9.15 am and 12 pm and between 1.30 pm and 6 pm. On Saturday and Sunday between 2 pm and 6 pm.
Closed on Monday.
Closed exceptionally on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th.

Prices : Adult: 5 €.