The museum is currently closed for renovation.

We look forward to seeing you at the reopening in spring 2023, which promises to be a great success.

See you soon!

Free

Open from April 15th to October 15th:

- From April 15th to June 30th:

* Friday, Saturday, Monday : 14.30-17.30

* Sunday : 14.00-18.00

* All bank holidays :14.30-17.30

- From July 1st to August 31th:

* Everyday : 14.00-18.00

- From September 1st to October 15th:

* Friday, Saturday, Monday : 14.30-17.30

* Sunday : 14.00-18.00

Admission and opening times

The museum

In the 400’s AD, the ‘Portout Potters’, living between the Bourget lake and the Rhone, on the edge of the Savière Canal, were making utilitarian ceramics, called ‘ceramics with a shiny clay glaze’.

This production was distributed in the Savoy countryside, in Switzerland and by the waterways (Rhone and Saône) to Provence and Franche-Comte, to supply the military quarters or civil sites.

The importance of the workshop is shown by its influence and the quality of material found on the site. The excavations took place between 1976 and 1987 in the Savière and on its banks : a complete collection of representative ceramics were discovered with objects - tools - money - amphorae - which show evidence of supplies originating from external sources and daily life in a rural environment.

The dedicated museum is open since 2001 in an old Gothic Chapel.