If You're NearbySaas-Fee
Valais
About 11 miles away
A car-free glacier village, ringed by 4,000-meter peaks.
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Matterhorn Museum
An underground museum of the village and the first ascent of the Matterhorn, with the rope that broke in 1865.
- Open
- Every day; shorter hours in spring and autumn
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Kirchplatz 11, 3920 ZermattDirections
- Getting There
- In the center, by the church.
Why Go
The museum recreates the old village in a buried glass dome, and tells the story of mountaineering and of the disaster of the first ascent, with the climbers' belongings.
Nearby in Zermatt
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The Alps' longest glacier, in full view from Eggishorn and Bettmerhorn.
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Bern
About 46 miles away
The resort between two lakes, and the gateway to the Jungfraujoch, Europe's highest railway station.
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