Laténium
 The Laténium reflecting in the water | |
  Location within Switzerland | |
| Established | 7 September 2001 |
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| Location | espace Paul Vouga, CH-2068 Hauterive |
| Coordinates | 47°0′26″N 6°58′16″E / 47.00722°N 6.97111°E |
| Type | Archaeology museum |
| Collections | Archaeology |
| Website | www |
The Laténium is an archeology museum located in
History
The Laténium is the biggest archaeological museum in Switzerland.[2] The permanent exhibition features around 3000 objects coming from excavations mostly realised in the Canton of Neuchâtel. These objects are picked from the 525000 pieces that form the museum's collections and span 50'000 years of Europe's past.
Archaeology in Neuchâtel during the 19th and 20th century
During the second half of the 19th century, many lake dwellings were found on the banks of lakes Neuchâtel, Bienne and Morat during a period dubbed "lake dwellings fever" (fièvre lacustre in french). The Jura waters correction lowered lake Neuchâtel height by 2.7 m which resulted in dozens of lake dwellings sites exiting from the waters. This made access to the artifacts far easier.
Later, the construction of the A5 motorway (from Yverdon-les-Bains to Solothurn) alongside the north bank of Lake Neuchâtel led to the discovery of about 500'000 artifacts, many of them got included into the museum's collections.[3]
Creation
The concretisation of the idea of a new museum entirely dedicated to archaeology in the canton took 22 years, from the first motion before the Grand Council of Neuchâtel to the inauguration of the museum in 2001.[4] It also took the people of the Canton of Neuchâtel approval, the projects was accepted with 66% of the votes on June 9, 1996.[5]
Awards
In 2003, the Laténium received the European Museum of the Year Award awarded by the Council of Europe the for its contribution for a better understanding of the european cultural heritage. The Laténium was the first swiss museum to receive the award.[4]
In 2018, it received the Medal for archaeological mediation of the International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences. The Laténium's commitment to the popularisation of archaeology and for the social valorisation of the protection of the cultural heritage got the museum the award.
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Reconstitution of a Celtic bridge -
Experimental reconstitution of a Gallo-Roman ship -
Reconstitution of a fisher's house with pirogue -
The Laténium building; the bassin of the foreground represents the level of the lake 15 000 years ago, with the pilotis of the neolithic.
References
- ^ "Le musée et ses collections". Latenium.ch. Archived from the original on March 17, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- ^ "Le Laténium". Laténium (in French). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ Kaeser, Marc-Antoine (2013). "Il Laténium : parco e museo d'archeologia di Neuchâtel". Bollettino dell'Associazione archeologica ticinese (in Italian): 25.
- ^ a b Kaeser, Marc-Antoine; Ramseyer, Denis (2011). Laténium parc et musée d'archéologie: catalogue d'exposition (in French). Hauterive: Attinger.
- ^ "Répertoires des votations cantonales dès 1919" (PDF). ne.ch (in French).
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