Museum in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche
Opening : From 16/01 to 31/12/2025, daily.
Closed exceptionally on 28/01.
Discover mankind's first great masterpiece, dating back 36,000 years. Set in a 15-hectare wooded park, Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche, the world's largest replica of a cave, recreates the magic of the UNESCO-listed Chauvet cave.
36,000 years ago, in a deep cave, the first artists in the history of mankind painted a masterpiece: horses, lions, rhinoceroses and many other animals captured on film, hunting, running or fighting.
Discovered in 1994, the Chauvet cave, which revolutionized the history of art and mentalities, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its replica, Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche, opened in 2015, now allows the public to discover mankind's first great masterpiece.
An unmissable cultural destination just a stone's throw from the Ardèche Gorges and Pont-d'Arc, it has established itself as the most visited cultural site in the Ardèche.
A visit to the cave invites you on a journey to the origins of art, an immersion in prehistory.
Other discoveries await you on site, such as the Galerie de l'Aurignacien, which completes the visit to the replica and provides a better understanding of our ancestors, their art and their environment, in an immersive and interactive scenography.
The large exhibition and showroom is currently presenting "Animal, from prehistory to street art", an immersive experience with 360° sound and light. An enchanting show with a universal language, an invitation to move through the heart of a monumental fresco, animated and enhanced by an original musical composition!
Throughout the year, a program of cultural events, conferences, workshops and activities enables visitors to extend the experience and rediscover the age-old gestures of our ancestors.
Admission includes a guided tour of the cave, access to the Galerie de l'Aurignacien, the show "Animal, de la Préhistoire au street art", and workshops during vacations and weekends from April to October.
Take advantage of the restaurant and its panoramic view, open all year round, as well as the bookshop-boutique with over 1,000 items.
Child (10-17 years): 9 €.
Free entry for children under 10.
Group rate available for 20 people or more.
- Bank/credit card
- Carte M'ra
- Cheque
- Chèques Vacances
- Cash
- Picnic area
- Bar
- Entertainments room
- Orientation board
- Exhibition space
- Air conditioning
- Restaurant
- Toilets
- Car park
- Secure parking
- Coach parking
- Public WC
- Defibrillator
- Tourist brochures
- Booking obligatory
- Set down on-site for groups
- Coach access
- Shop
- Restaurant
- Themed tour
- Guided tours
- Educational visits
- Pets accepted: No
- Pets allowed (supplementary payment): Unknown
- Animal reception conditions:
Only service animals are authorised (e.g. guide dogs for the blind or emotional support dogs)
- Hearing disability
- Mental disability
- Visual disability
- Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
- Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
- Even flooring with no obstacles
- Absence of protrusions > 2 cm
- Minimum aisle width of 90 cm
- Doors >=77 cm wide
- Height under table >= 70 cm width >= 77 cm
- WC + grab handle + adequate space to move
- Site, building totally accessible
- Possibility of drop-off in front of the site
- Visual alarm with flash light
- Magnetic loop available at the reception
- Presence of pictograms and / or simplified visuals
- Relief map, tactile model or audio device description available at the reception
- Reception staff sensitized to the reception of people with disabilities
- German
- English
- French
- Dutch
Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche
4941 route de Bourg Saint Andéol
07150 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
