Natural ice inside a polar museum in the Haut-Jura, the only indoor rink in the Jura département
Currently out of season The centre's 2027 opening calendar shows the ice rink open to the public from Monday 14 December 2026 (a half day); the rink is closed on 12 and 13 December for a curling tournament. Until the end of October the space is a roller-quad track. Daily hours follow the calendar's colour code: check the rink's calendar page. Official schedule update
The Espace des mondes polaires Paul-Émile Victor opened to the public in February 2017 in Prémanon, in the Haut-Jura. Imagined by Jean-Christophe Victor and Stéphane Niveau and backed by the community of communes of the Station des Rousses, it combines an ice rink, a polar museum and a polar garden, and it replaced the original polar museum created by Pierre Marc.
The rink is natural ice and is billed as the only indoor rink in the Jura département. The Lons-le-Saunier architects Reichardt & Ferreux designed the 5,300 m² complex as a bioclimatic building aimed at energy autonomy, and the rink's staging recalls the austere light of the poles. From early June to the end of October the ice gives way to a roller-quad track.
The first polar museum in Prémanon dates from 1988, when Pierre Marc created it with the support of Paul-Émile Victor. An association has run the museum since 1998, chaired in turn by Jean-Christophe Victor and Daphné Victor.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Adults pay 7,50 € (6,50 € reduced), children aged 6 to 17 pay 5,50 € (4,50 € reduced) and toddlers aged 2 to 5 pay 4,50 € (3,50 € reduced). The same price list covers the ice rink in winter and the roller-quad track in summer.
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Skate hire is 3,00 €. Gloves are compulsory on the ice and sold at reception for 3,50 € a pair; socks are compulsory and also cost 3,50 € a pair.
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Entry is valid from the moment you are equipped until you return your skates.
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The rink is open to children over 2, and children under 12 stay under the responsibility of adults.
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There is a free car park above the chemin des Maquisards, linked to the entrance forecourt by a 100 m footpath along the polar garden, with two reserved disabled spaces in front of the building.
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People with reduced mobility and wheelchair users are welcome on the ice, and the team says it does everything to make a visit possible.
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