museum in Zermatt in the canton of Valais in Switzerland
The Matterhorn Museum is a cultural-natural museum in Zermatt whose main theme is the Matterhorn. The museum is in the form of a reconstituted mountain village consisting of 14 houses (church, hotel, huts and granaries), and relates the history and development of tourism in the Zermatt area, including the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party. The museum displays one of the two stones that Claude Nicollier took from the summit and brought with him on the Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-61 mission in 1993. The other stone was put back on the summit.
Matterhorn Museum is located in Zermatt, Switzerland. Its specific geographic coordinates are latitude 46.0197 and longitude 7.7461.
museum in Zermatt in the canton of Valais in Switzerland... It is a key destination for those interested in culture and history in Switzerland.
