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Address:
rue Victor Hugo
rue Victor Hugo
Saint-Pierre
Martinique

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Expert Review of Musée Vulcanologique

Family Review of Musée Vulcanologique

By Travel Expert: Candyce H. Stapen
Family Expert Rating 3.0 out of 5 Recommended for:
Children aged 6 - 12 and 13 - 17
Family Expert Tips & Helpful Hints
  • The Cyparis Express, a small train, tours the town; however, commentary is likely to be in French.
  • At the museum, which interprets the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelee that killed 30,000 people in three minutes, look for the petrified spaghetti

Visitor Information

Telephone Number: 596/78-15-16
Hours: 9am-5pm
Location Information: rue Victor Hugo
Description: 
The Musée Volcanologique contains exhibits, photographs, and documents that tell the story of the 1902 eruption of Montagne Pelée, which destroyed the city of Saint Pierre and its entire population of 30,000. The small museum contains contorted glass, soot-streaked porcelain, a petrified clock stopped at the exact moment of the eruption, and other assorted items salvaged from the eruption's rubble.

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