Free tour of the museum

Name: Visita libre al museo
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée archéologique départemental

Opened in 1995, the departmental archaeological museum synthesizes our knowledge of the Mayenne between the Bronze Age and the High Middle Ages. It thus presents collections from...

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Opened in 1995, the departmental archaeological museum synthesizes our knowledge of the Mayenne between the Bronze Age and the High Middle Ages. It presents collections from the entire department while giving an important place to the city of Noviodunum, the ancient Jublains.

About the location

Musée archéologique départemental

13 rue de la libération 53160 Jublains

Mayenne
Pays de la Loire

Jublains is considered the best and most extensive testimony of the Gallo-Roman era of western France. This exceptional site, a true book of ancient history in the open air, invites the visitor to immerse himself with delight and curiosity in this historical period whose oldest traces discovered in Jublains date from the 4th century BC.-C. A territory, almost equivalent to that of Mayenne, is then occupied by the Gaulish people of the Diablintes. During the 1st century A.D. a new town, Noviodunum, was created on the site of Jublains, which became the Gallo-Roman capital of the Diablinte city. The city is endowed with public monuments worthy of its rank of chief town: a temple, a forum, thermal baths, a theatre. The remains of these buildings and those of a spectacular fortress built later make the delight of visitors in love with archaeology and history. Since 1995, the Departmental Archaeological Museum of Jublains, where are presented the collections of Gallo-Roman archaeology in May