Temporary exhibition: Archeo, an exhibition to dig!

Name: Temporary exhibition: Archeo, an exhibition to dig!
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée du Château de Mayenne

Archéo, an exhibition to dig!

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free entry

Musée du château de Mayenne

Archaeo, an exhibition to dig!

This playful and interactive exhibition is intended for everyone and especially young audiences! How did men live before us? This is the question that archaeologists are trying to answer. But who are these researchers who help us go back in time? Why do they dig? What clues do they find? How do they interpret them? What happens to the objects once the search is complete? Through this immersive exhibition, the profession of archaeologist will have no secrets for you.

About the location

Musée du Château de Mayenne

Place Juhel, 53100

Mayenne
Pays de la Loire

Located between the border between Normandy and Brittany, Mayenne takes during the disintegration of the Carolingian empire a major importance which is concretized by the early construction (around 900) of a stone castle; it develops in the thirteenth century in a "lower courtyard" flanked by 12 towers and a fortified "high court" comprising a circular keep and a main building. Built from the 15th century according to the new needs of the artillery, the whole is backfilled in terrace and the towers partially arased in the 17th century. An interesting specimen of 13th-century military and residential architecture, Mayenne appears above all as a major archaeological site, with the recent discovery of the Carolingian building partially elevated in the high courtyard; a site museum (crypt) presents these different aspects. M.O. Mandy (2002). It is only in 1993 that renovation works bring out arcades of Carolingian bricks and finally lift the veil on the mystery of the origins of the Castle