L'Atelier de l'eau

  • Interpretation Centre
Elevation : 293m
18 rue de la Paix, 73160 Cognin
Explore the "factory canal" and the wonderful ingenuity people have used to transform water into a source of energy. Then plunge into the heart of the water cycle and its different uses. Visit an old vegetable oil mill. Video projection room.
Cognin has know a rich industrial past, organised around the "Canal des Usines" drifted from the "Hyères". This canal, today preserved and promoted is still the witness of a thriving activity, base on the utilisation of water as motive force. To give all its sense to this canal save, the town has rehabilitated the "filiature Thomas", who preserve a bucket wheel in "Water Workshop".

Outside, a "water fountain" reproduce in miniature the "Canal des Usines" which was going through the village.
A the ground floor of the building, a mill reconstituted will show you all the secrets of oil making.
At the first floor of the building : 4 rooms of discovers and experimentations on different thematic :

- Story of the canal of the factories of the filature Thomas
- Water and its use as motive force.
- Water in the world of Renewable energies.

Services

Services

Animals accepted

Rates

Rates

From 1 January 2025 to 2 November 2025

From 1 January 2025 to 2 November 2025
Adult
4.30€

Child
2.80€

Group adults
3.50€

Group children
2.20€

Group rate available for > 10 people.

Payment methods

Payment methods

Payment methods

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Openings

Openings

Each saturday from 2 February 2025 until 13 July 2025
Each saturday from 15 July 2025 until 14 August 2025
Each saturday from 16 August 2025 until 31 October 2025
On 2 November 2025

Location

Location

L'Atelier de l'eau
Elevation : 293m
18 rue de la Paix, 73160 Cognin

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • French

Environment

Environment
  • Town location
  • Close to a public transportation

Access

Access
  • Close to bus lines D and 16 (stop "Cognin Centre"). More information on synchro.grandchambery.fr.
Updated on 26 March 2025 at 15:45
by Grand Chambéry Alpes Tourisme
(Offer identifier : 107409)
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