Visit of the Piette collection (Palaeolithic)

Name: Visit of the Piette collection (Palaeolithic)
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée d'archéologie nationale et domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Exceptionally, visit the Piette collection room, which houses, in a 19th-century museum setting, masterpieces of Palaeolithic art.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry, subject to availability

Registration

@MAN

The Piette Room is unlike any other museum room in the world. This exhibition hall is first of all remarkable for what it contains: a fabulous collection of tools, weapons and prehistoric art objects discovered in the 19th century by Édouard Piette during excavations in the Pyrenees. Many masterpieces are on display, including the famous «Dame à la Capuche» discovered in Brassempouy, in the Landes. The scenography is unchanged since the 19th century. The visitor embarks in a real time machine for a unique visit!

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thème 2022

No selection

I agree that the image may be freely used, provided that it is attributed to the author by name and shared under the same conditions.

Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Musée d'archéologie nationale et domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Château - Place Charles-de-Gaulle 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Yvelines
Île-de-France

The Museum of National Archaeology presents archaeological collections, among the richest in the world, tracing the lives of men and their "inventions" from the origins to the Merovingian era. Some 3 million objects, including 29,000 exhibits, testify to the evolution of manufacturing techniques, artistic expression and religious thought of the men who crossed and succeeded each other on the national territory. Since December 29, 2009, the Musée d'Archéologie nationale and the Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye have merged into a single institution, a service with national jurisdiction-SCN.