Destination archaeology. 1798 - Future

Event Lausanne

Overview

  • Date

    21. November 2025 - 07. February 2027

    Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 17:00

  • Contact

    Le Palais de Rumine
    Place de la Riponne 6
    1005 Lausanne
    Phone  +41 (0)21 316 33 10
    musees.vd.ch

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Intro

The exhibition invites visitors to discover how science shapes our view of the past.

Between 1798 and 1914, archaeology underwent a metamorphosis: from an activity reserved for a few aristocrats, it suddenly became a popular craze. From Napoleon's Egyptian campaign to the excavations at Mycenae and the discovery of the Lacustrine people in Switzerland, this new knowledge spread rapidly through the population, giving rise to stereotypes that we have inherited into the 20th and 21st centuries. Will these stereotypes continue to influence us in the future?The MCAH - Cantonal Museum of Archaeology and History, in collaboration with the Naturéum, tells the story of how this new knowledge, based on discoveries made in the canton of Vaud and elsewhere in Europe, was built up between the sciences of the past and the natural sciences. The exhibition also offers a critical counterpoint to the knowledge acquired in the 19th century, showing how it has been profoundly renewed in recent decades thanks to numerous advances in the fields of genetics, dating and conservation-restoration.To illustrate this point, the exhibition features hundreds of objects from Egypt, Greece, Italy and Switzerland, most of which entered the collections of cantonal museums in the 19th century.

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Le Palais de Rumine

Lausanne
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Contact address
Palais de Rumine
Place de la Riponne 6
1005 Lausanne
+41 21 316 33 10
info.rumine@vd.ch
Event Homepage https://www.lausanne-tourisme.ch/en/event/destination-archeologie-1798-futur/
Price
Full price: CHF 8 Reduced price: CHF 5 Children/youth (-25 years): Free
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Contact

Le Palais de Rumine
Place de la Riponne 6
1005  Lausanne
Switzerland

Phone  +41 (0)21 316 33 10
info.rumine@vd.ch
musees.vd.ch

Date

21. November 2025 - 07. February 2027

Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 17:00

Contact

Le Palais de Rumine
Place de la Riponne 6
1005 Lausanne
Phone  +41 (0)21 316 33 10
musees.vd.ch

Check Availability

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