Valais Bisses Museum

Valais Bisses Museum is a museum in Ayent, Hérens District, Valais, which is located on Rue du Pissieu. Valais Bisses Museum is situated near the library Bibliothèque communale et scolaire d’Ayent, as well as near the pitch Stade St-Jacques.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Ayent (Switzerland)
Also known as: “Musée des Bisses”
Address: Rue du Pissieu 1, Botyre (Ayent), 1966

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ayent Castle and Underground lake.

Ayent Castle

Ruins

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ayent Castle is a ruins, which is situated 1 km southeast of Valais Bisses Museum.

Underground lake

Amusement ride

Underground lake

Photo: Borsic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saint-Léonard underground lake is located at Saint Léonard in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Underground lake is situated 2½ km southeast of Valais Bisses Museum.

Chapelle Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

Church

Chapelle Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

Photo: Vaquins, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chapelle Sainte-Marie-Madeleine is a church, which is situated 1¼ km south of Valais Bisses Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arbaz and Grimisuat.

Arbaz

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Arbaz is a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Grimisuat

Village

Photo: Dodoïste, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grimisuat is a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Anzère

Village

Photo: Jo in Riederalp, Public domain.

Sion is the capital of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Valais Bisses Museum

Categories: memory institution, house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Ayent, Hérens District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.27602° or 46° 16′ 34″ north

Longitude

7.4047° or 7° 24′ 17″ east

Open location code

8FR97CG3+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Valais Bisses Museum” goes by many names.

French: “Musée valaisan des Bisses”
German: “Walliser Suonenmuseum”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bibliothèque communale et scolaire d’Ayent and Stade St-Jacques.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Denner and Ingéo SA.

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Worth a closer look: Sion and Zermatt.

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