Galloroman Museum

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© Musée d'Aoste (Isère)

Galloroman Museum

Adresse :

43, place du Musée
38490 Aoste

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Learn about the everyday life in the ancient city of Vicus Augustus. A thematic and educational journey illustrated with a 2000 years collection of antique ceramics and glass objects.

AUGUSTUS VICUS
The confines of existing departments of Isere, Savoie and Ain, Aosta is a Gallo-Roman town.
The ancient name of Aosta, Vicus Augustus, was given to the city in honor of Emperor Augustus (27 BC. - 14 AD. BC), as usual for new towns.
Today, a museum is entirely devoted to the history and life of this agglomeration of Roman Gaul.

The museum
The history of excavations in 1856 until the inauguration of its new version in 2000, the gallo-roman museum of Aosta has a very nice set of archaeological objects and testimonies found on the town of Aosta and its surroundings. A continuous path immerses the visitor in the lives of our Gallo-Roman ancestors there 2000 years. Large and small back in time and find beautiful pieces of ceramics and glass, including jewel, the ewer, shines among mortars, local productions, or the inevitable jars containing imported products (wine, oil, dried fish). Achievements very teaching, such as models or the kitchen table, invite anyone enters this place follow the footsteps of Roman time a trip.

Manual workshops on the Antiquity theme on saturdays and during school holidays or for a birthday parties. Programs available at Tourist Office and at the Museum.

In practice

Equipments

  • Coach parking,
  • Parking nearby,
  • Car park,
  • Picnic area,
  • Exhibition space,
  • Air conditioning,
  • Toilets

Services

  • Educational visits,
  • Coach access,
  • Shop,
  • Set down on-site for groups,
  • Tourist brochures,
  • Guided tours,
  • Stroller-accessible

Activities

  • Permanent exhibition,
  • Temporary exhibition,
  • Activity,
  • Children's entertainment

Theme

  • History,
  • Sciences and technology,
  • Archeological,
  • Earthenware and Terracotta

Time schedule

Choissez une période :

From 09/02/24 to 12/22/24
From 01/07/25 to 06/30/25
From 07/01/25 to 08/31/25
From 09/02/25 to 12/20/25

From 09/02/24 to 12/22/24

  • Monday :

    Closed

  • Tuesday :

    14h00 to 17h00

  • Wednesday :

    14h00 to 17h00

  • Thursday :

    14h00 to 17h00

  • Friday :

    14h00 to 17h00

  • Saturday :

    14h00 to 17h00

  • Sunday :

    Closed

Prices

Payment method

  • Check,
  • Bank/credit card,
  • Cash

From 01/01/24 to 20/12/25

Full price Autonomous visit
5€
Reduced price Autonomous visit With proof for kids between 12 and 18, retired, disabled or unumployed people
4€

1€ fee for guided visits.
Children’s workshops: €5 to €10
Groups: booking required. Prices depending on the service.
Free entry with proof for disable people help, archaeologists, museum professionals, ICOM card holders.
Réservation - Pour les scolaires :
visites et Ateliers
Documents pédagogiques afin de préparer la visite

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Latitude : 45.588267

Longitude : 5.606517

Height : 224

43, place du Musée
38490 Aoste
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Information mise à jour le 19/12/2024
par Office de Tourisme des Vals du Dauphiné

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