European Archaeology Days

Also this year the MUSE Science Museum joins the European Archaeology Days, which are promoted in the 47 member countries of the Council of Europe by Inrap (Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives), the National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research of France. The MUSE joins the initiative as part of the Ice Age Europe network.

Now in their 12th year, the European Archaeology Days are an important opportunity of promotion and sharing of the European archaeological heritage. Scheduled between 18 and 20 June, hundreds of museums, archaeological sites, research institutes and associations from all over Europe take part in the event, by opening themselves to the public to affirm the importance of the knowledge of our past and its sharing.

For the occasion, activities for young and old will enliven the MUSE exhibition rooms to discover how our prehistoric ancestors lived.

PROGRAMME

At 11.30 and at 15.00
Il MUSEo nel cassetto (The MUSEum in the drawer)
Insights with an expert to discover and touch unique archaeological finds. (Discovery of the gallery of Prehistory). Fee included in the MUSE admission ticket
At 11.00History and evolution of life

Multidisciplinary guided tour through the floors of the permanent exhibition, from the formation of the solar system to the new discoveries of modern technology.
Fee: € 3 in addition to the MUSE admission ticket

At 10.30 and at 12.30Artist's stratagems. Techniques, forms and colors in the Paleolithic Science show at Science On a Sphere. Fee included in the MUSE admission ticket
At 14.00, 16.00 and 18.00Prehistory at the SphereTest your knowledge of the relationship between humans and bears in prehistoric times and the first peopling of the Alps by Homo sapiens in the Paleolithic period, at the end of the great Pleistocene ice ages. Fee included in the MUSE admission ticket

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Ice Age Europe members will again be official partner and part of the European Archaeology Days. The Ice Age Europe network tells the story of Ice Age people in Europe and our Pleistocene cultural heritage in space and time. In order to learn about this heritage, we must first enhance its conservation and protection. The network’s aims are to raise awareness on the conservation of Ice Age heritage and to develop valorization programs, to exchange best practices for site management and museum display and to encourage collaboration of all kinds, e.g. in the fields of science, management, pedagogy, tourism and governance.