A Journey Trough Time

For several decades now, research in the lacustrine environment has made a decisive contribution to illustrating the past in very concrete terms. Our knowledge of ...

History The late Bronze Age was a flourishing period of pile-dwelling settlements. The settlements grew in size and the villages remained in the same location ...

The pile dwelling settlement in Kehrsiten was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 27 June 2011, together with other pile dwelling settlements in the Alpine ...

The museum's collections primarily reflect the intense activity of archaeologists in the canton of Vaud since the 19th century. One of the highlights is the ...

Build by and for watchmakers, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle reveal their history of craftsmanship and of industry in their urban architecture. It is enough to walk ...

Castelgrande   The first human settlement on San Michele hill dates back to 5500/5000 B.C., in the Neolithic period. The first archaeologically confirmed ...