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MuseumsSite Name: Musée D'Archeologie Nationale Alternative Name: Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, National Museum of Antiquities
Country: France
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Département: Ile-de-France:Yvelines (78) Type: Museum
 Nearest Village: St-Germain-en-Laye
Latitude: 48.897150N  Longitude: 2.096310E
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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by DrewParsons : Copy of "La dame à la capouche" carved from mammoth ivory and dated to between 29000 and 22000 years ago. Found at grotte du Pape, Brassempouy, Landes. The original is stored in a secure area in the museum archives. Photographed in September 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)
The French National Archaeological Museum (Musée d'archéologie nationale) is located in Saint-Germain-en-Laye about 20 minutes train ride on the RER ligne A from Charles de Gaulle/Etoile station in central Paris.

(Site description submitted by DrewParsons , December 2009)

The museum is a few metres from the station exit at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Care the RER ligne A splits into two sections along the way - you need ligne A1.

The museum contains fabulous artifacts from prehistoric times and when I visited it in late September 2009 I had the museum to myself in contrast to the hordes of people at the Louvre.

The most famous item amongst the exhibits is the mammoth ivory carving called "La dame à la capuche" from the grotte du Pape, Brassempouy, Landes. It is dated to between 29000 and 22000 years of age. Other art works include animal carvings, bone spears, bâtons de commandement, treasures from Bronze Age burial mounds and many other prehistoric finds from across France.

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www.musee-antiquitesnationales.fr Guide Musée d'archéologie nationale Journey Through the Ice Age, Paul G Bahn and Jean Vertut
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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by DrewParsons : September 2009 (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by AlexHunger : One of 4 Polisoirs in the courtyard of the Saint-Germain museum in the Yvelines, D78, West of Paris. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by Kuba : Venus figurines (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by Kuba : An example of paleolithic stone carving (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by Kuba : There are some exceptional carved bones in the museum, although (for preservation reasons) most of them are replicas. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by Kuba

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by Kuba

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by neolithique02 : See more photos : http://neolithique02.blog4ever.com/blog/voirphotos-65835-3-1948634215.html And on video here :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Vsq08-FK8&list=UUPOnfiuiNX_u2iBu4Wl5-wQ&index=1&feature=plcp Site in Ile-de-France:Yvelines (78) France

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by neolithique02

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by neolithique02

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by neolithique02

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by neolithique02 : See more photos : http://neolithique02.blog4ever.com/blog/voirphotos-65835-3-1948634215.html And on video here :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Vsq08-FK8&list=UUPOnfiuiNX_u2iBu4Wl5-wQ&index=1&feature=plcp Site in Ile-de-France:Yvelines (78) France

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by DrewParsons : Gold finds from the Pas-de-Calais area

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by DrewParsons : Tumulus finds from the Champlay area

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by DrewParsons : Bone spear tips (1 comment)

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by DrewParsons : Flint tools

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by DrewParsons : Bâtons de commandement.

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by DrewParsons : A pair of rams carved in prehistoric times (2 comments)

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by DrewParsons : A prehistoric carved stone horse head

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by ocdolmen : "Polissoir" in the courtyard of Musée d'Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye city (about 20 kms from Paris), France

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Musée D'Archeologie Nationale submitted by AlexHunger : Musée D'Archeologie Nationale in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, West of Paris. 2 complete Allee Couvertes, a Menhir, many polisoirs and numerous prehistoric to middle ages artifacts are preserved in this pleasant Chateau.

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Coming Face-to-Face with the Stone Age in Paris by Andy B on Wednesday, 09 May 2012
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The suburb of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is about 12 miles (20 km) to the west of the centre of Paris. The Saint-Germain station can be reached on Line A of the RER, and also on the Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. For anyone who is particularly interested in prehistory and history of France, this Paris museum is well worth a visit.

One of the main attractions in Saint-Germain-en-Laye is the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (above), now the Musée des Antiquités Nationales (National Museum of Archaeology). The castle was built in the mid fourteenth century, but there had been a castle fort there for at least a hundred years previously. For a few centuries the castle was the Royal residence and a number of French kings were born there, including Louis XIV. It was Napoleon III who in 1862 had the castle designated a national museum for prehistory. The museum has some amazing exhibits that ranges from the Old Stone Age to the Iron Age (Celtic times).

Napoleon III set up the Musée des Antiquités Nationales in the estwhile royal château. This museum has exhibits ranging from Paleolithic to Celtic times. One of the most famous pieces in the museum’s collection is the small carving of a woman’s head, sculptured from a mammoth’s tusk about 25 000 years ago. At this age this little carving, the size of a man’s thumb, is currently the oldest dated representation of a human face. This piece is one of a number of Stone Age carvings in the museum’s collection, and on display.

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http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2010/10/21/coming-facetoface-stone-age-paris/
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Re: Musée D'Archeologie Nationale by neolithique02 on Tuesday, 11 October 2011
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Re: Musée D'Archeologie Nationale by coldrum on Tuesday, 07 July 2009
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