Europe offers every traveller a wealth of archaeological experiences. Archaeological sites and attractions range from prehistoric cave paintings, stone circles and hill forts to monuments and even entire towns created by the Greeks and Romans, as well as medieval castles, monasteries, and market towns. Our archaeology guide directs you to some unusual places of interest whether for a fun day trip or an entire vacation based around the exploration of archaeology in Europe. Both adults and children will enjoy fascinating encounters with our shared past by visiting these archaeology sites in person.
Archaeological Site of the Day
Laon Museum of Art and Archaeology
The Musée de Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie is situated in the heart of Medieval Laon, a city with over 80 listed monuments. Until 1937 the museum housed a regional collection of artefacts, mainly objects from Gallo-Roman and Merovingian graves. In 1937 a remarkable collection of archaeological artefacts from the Mediterranean was donated to the museum. > Read more
Museum/Theme Park - Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Greek, Roman, Egyptian
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National Archaeology Museum (Paris & Île-de-France, France), comments by Thomas I made the Bronze Age temporary exhibition by he skin of my teeth - it closed Monday and I used that as an excuse to visit the museum again. See my photo-gallery in the Archaeology Travel blog. I [...]
The Departmental Museum of Antiquities (Normandy, France), comments by Thomas Living near Rouen, I have visited the musée départmental des Antiquités in Rouen a number of times, it is only 3 Euros entry for an adult. It may not a big museum, but it does have an interesting [...]
Bayeux Tapestry (Normandy, France), comments by Thomas This is one of those objects I never tire of visiting! There are two components: the tapestry and the museum. The Tapestry is in a glass case on the ground floor. I strongly recommend taking the [...]
Loupian Villa (Languedoc-Roussillon, France), comments by Pauline Highly recommended - beautiful, detailed mosaics. This Roman Villa was discovered under a farm field and many parts of the mosaics were damaged, but they saved what they could and reconstructed the [...]
Mont Saint Michel (Normandy, France), comments by Thomas Mont Saint Michel is France's most visited tourist attraction outside of Paris. So there are always tourists there, and it is expensive (although entry to the abbey is reasonable). That said, for [...]
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Italy Coming Soon to Archaeology Travel Archaeology Travel is expanding; at the end of March we will be adding our directories of archaeological sites and museums in Italy and Ireland. Currently, as our regular visitors will know, France, England, Wales, and Scotland are available on our website. In preparation for launching the Italy section we have just recently added what we feel is a useful feature to our site pages. Some archaeological sites are single entities that are easy to pin-point … Continue reading
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News
Day of Archaeology - Archaeology Travel Adds England Today
Europe a la Carte - An Archaeology Guide to Europe
Events
The Louvre Museum (Paris), Arles, city of Antiquity: Twenty years of Archaeological Discovery in the Rhône Valley. April - July 2012
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (Paris), The Gauls, the first of its kind in France this exhibition examines all aspects of Iron Age communities before the arrival of the Romans. Ends 2 September 2012
National Museums Scotland (Edinburgh), Fascinating Mummies, an astounding exhibition of objects from one of the most important Egyptology museums in the world, National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. 11 February - 27 May 2012
The Museum of London, Our Londinium 2012, part of events surrounding the London Olympics 2012, this exhibition reflects on the legacies of Roman London and its influences on London today. Starts 22 June 2012
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