Vaison’s archeological museum

by Jul 22, 2019

The museum is in the archeological grounds of the Puymin site,

I very much recommend a visit before the grounds itself, as the numerous artefacts and reconstitutions will help you visualise the way of life of antique Vasio Vocontiorum.

The typical farm-turned town’s villa

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

The town center as it was at the time, complete with an amphitheatre near the theatre.

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

The reconstitution of the Roman theatre with it’s scene wall and cover

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Meet the VIPs’: Emperor Claude,

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Emperor Dominitien

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Emperess Sabine, Hadrien’s wife

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Emperor Hadrien: Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Apollo’s bust

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Many different type of amphoras bear witness of the active business going round mediterranean shores

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Theatre masks marking the tombs in cementaries out of town

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

The beautifully preserved Peacocks’s mosaic

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

A tiny fragment of a fairy frescoe in one of the villas. Villas used to be lavishly decorated with patterns and paintings, but very few of these remain

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

The dolphin sculpture that gives his name to one of the villas.

Archeological Museum Vaison-la-Romaine

To complete or prepare your visit, we have various paper and digital publications from the museum that will give you an insight of the antique lifestyle and put you in the mood to visit Roman Vaison.

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