Free guided tours in an archaeology museum

Name: Free guided tours in an archaeology museum
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Musée Archéologique

Discover the new archaeological museum, including local archaeological collections from prehistory to the 19th century

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

Registration

06 75 89 66 91

©Musée Archéologique d'Audun-le-Tiche

Discover the new archaeological museum, including local archaeological collections from prehistory to the 19th century

Built at the end of the nineteenth century this building dating from the annexation was completely renovated from 2018 to 2020 and then transformed into a museum. This place full of history now offers you a new exhibition.
Among the major pieces you will find:

A collection of Gallo-Roman statues,
The Latin Cross of Audun-le-Tiche (listed in the MH inventory),
Objects from the excavation of the Merovingian necropolis of Audun-le-Tiche: +200 Tombs (Classified Historical Monument)
But also: prehistoric lapidary, objects from the excavation of the castle, and earthenware from the productions of Villeroy&Boch (a company founded in the locality).

About the location

Musée Archéologique

32 Rue du Maréchal Foch, 57390 Audun-le-Tiche

Moselle
Grand Est

Opened in July 2021 in an old desecrated Protestant temple, the new Archaeological Museum of Audun-le-Tiche presents the collections of the High Mosellan Country.
You will discover the most beautiful pieces from the excavations of the Merovingian necropolis of Audun-le-Tiche (classified as Historical Monuments), but also a remarkable collection of Gallo-Roman statues (heads of Minerva and Sirona, Jupiter Cavalier with eel, Apollo...). Finally, you can admire a unique piece with strong symbolism: the Latin Pawled Cross, inscribed under the title of Historical Monuments.
With an exhibition of more than 300m² in 6 rooms including a projection, you will travel through the Palaeolithic eras until the witchcraft trials of the sixteenth century or the foundation of the famous pottery Boch in Audun-le-Tiche in 1748, a company now more than 250 years old, better known as Villeroy & Boch. Finally, on the top floor, a temporary exhibition will be waiting for you on the theme of our large cross-bo