The Centre d’Histoire Arvida (CHA) brings the economuseum approach into the digital era with its new mobile app allowing the public to access all the content of their local museum at anytime, from anywhere. In addition to the proposed activities, the current and upcoming exhibitions and the ticket purchase, visitors will have access to the patrimonial tour itineraries in augmented reality as well as numerous podcasts.
The app can be used as a complement to our exhibitions or as a gateway to one’s own virtual and self-guided museum tour.
The permanent exhibition Welcome to Arvida is designed as a meeting, from the origins of the arvidian project at the beginning of the 1920s to its pinnacle in the 1960s. Some will discover a completely unknown piece of history while others will feel as if reconnecting with an old acquaintance or a close friend. Arvida […]
Arvida was designed as a genuine socio-industrial utopia from the day it was founded in 1926 by the Aluminum Company of America. The exceptional layout of the metropolis came from the latest urban architectural trends and practices of the time. The virtual exhibition Arvida, the city of aluminum allows you to explore the streets of […]
The temporary exhibition “Saint-Jean-Vianney, I Remember…” explores the birth and development of this village that remains deeply rooted in the collective memory for the landslide tragedy that happened in 1971. The exhibition puts the human being to the forefront, showing that the municipality of Saint-Jean- Vianney was a true paradise on Earth, a victim of […]
