New cultural centres
The Olympic Winter Games Albertville 1992 contributed to the development of the cultural life of the town and the Savoie Mont Blanc region as a whole.
The Dome Theatre opened on 31 January 1992, just a week before the Games got under way. It was built with the specific goal of bringing the arts to the people of the town and the region. It hosts musicals, concerts, plays and other artistic performances all year round, and also runs educational and cultural activities and events. Recognised by the French government as a subsidised theatre of national interest, it has a capacity of 804, with 644 seats in the stalls and 160 in its two ornate circles.
Formerly a neighbour of the Dome Theatre, located in a building that once housed the Organising Committee of the Olympic Winter Games, the Olympic Museum brings the story of Albertville 1992 to life for local people and visitors alike. It opened in October 1992, and provided the location for a recent temporary exhibition showcasing 50 years of Olympic Winter Games history, from Grenoble 1968 to PyeongChang 2018. In December 2019, the museum moved across town to the Halle Olympique – the venue for the figure skating and short track speed skating events at the Games.
An interactive museum with a permanent exhibition dedicated to the 1992 Games on the ground floor and temporary exhibition spaces on the first floor, the Olympic Museum, known today as Tremplin 92 - Montagne et Olympisme, uses new technologies to look at the legacy of the Games in the region and the culture of innovation in the mountains. Many exhibits offered by the Tremplin 92 - Montagne et Olympisme include a virtual descent of the bobsleigh run in La Plagne, complete with VR headsets.