Centro espositivo del Parco Minerario della Valle d'Aosta e della Miniera di Cogne

The Aosta Valley Mining Park exhibition centre in Cogne interprets the region's mining history through the work, tools and industrial landscape of the Cogne magnetite mine and other mining districts.

Why it matters

The exhibition connects the lives of miners with the extraction and processing of ore, placing Cogne within a wider regional history that includes Brusson, La Thuile, Ollomont and Saint-Marcel. Its setting in the former miners' settlement preserves part of that industrial landscape.

What to notice

Displays map mineral deposits across the Aosta Valley and present the working conditions and tools of mining. Reconstructed work settings, recorded voices and soundscapes evoke the movement of ore from underground workings toward industrial plants in Aosta. The centre occupies buildings associated with the former mining village.

Context and history

Mining in Cogne is documented from the fifteenth century and expanded industrially in the twentieth century. The magnetite mine closed in 1979. The former Villaggio Anselmetti was built for the mine workforce; the regional mining park exhibition centre was established there in 2021.