Musée archéologique de Vienne-en-Val

About the museum

In May 1968, sewer works on the Place de l'Église in Vienne-en-Val uncovered a wall containing Gallo-Roman sculpted elements: monumental sculptures, dressed stones and pottery. The historian Jacques Debal, a professor at Orléans, confirmed the date of these stones, and excavations were carried out from spring 1969 to 1972.

They revealed a complex site with successive uses: Gallo-Roman remains, a late Roman building, an early Christian church, then a medieval church, demolished in 1905, around which graves were dug until the modern period. In 1970, as the excavation campaigns intensified, the remains were kept in a laid-out square that still exists at the center of the village.

The objects found were first stored in a room of the école maternelle (preschool). In 1972 the archaeological museum was set up in the former post office of Vienne-en-Val. Today it presents, in an exhibition room in the village, the sculptures and objects found during the excavations, and complements the visit to the archaeological site.

Highlights

• Gallo-Roman sculptures and dressed stones found on the Place de l'Église
• Pottery and objects from the 1969–1972 excavations
• Laid-out square with the successive remains from antiquity to the Middle Ages
• Guided tours for groups on request

Permanent exhibition

• Collection archéologique gallo-romaine de Vienne-en-Val – Sculptures, dressed stones and pottery discovered during the excavations on the Place de l'Église.

Founded

1972

Admission & discounts

Payment by check or cash.

Accessibility

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Kids & families

Getting there & parking

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Plan your visit