- The Musee Narbo Via opened on 21st May 2021 and houses a history of Roman Narbonne which combines collections from five separate locations.
- Amongst the 15,000 artefacts in the Musum are 1,000 funerary stones that were reused in the medieval city wall. The Museum has arranged the Artefacts into several Themes.
Description
- The Museum is located at 2 Avenue Andre Mecle, 11100 Narbonne, near the Theatre du Grand Narbonne and the Canal de la Robine.
- The Museum is set in its own grounds and has 8,000 square metres of space set on one level, with areas for the Permanent Exhibition, the Temporary Exhibitions, and a workshop for the Restoration and Research of the collections.
Contents
- A Lapidary Wall
- This is a display of a selection of the carved Roman stones. It has a unique automatic retrieval system that changes the stones on display at regular intervals.
- Funerary Reliefs
- Residential Art
- wall and ceiling paintings, Mosaics and Statues.
- Port la Nautique
- excavated artefacts from the Roman harbour, including a giant ship’s Anchor
- Sarcophagii (Early Christian)
Photo and map: Musee Narbo Via