Lugdunum Museum, Lugdunum Musée, Lyon, France If you first approach the Lugdunum Museum from the base of the Roman Theatre, you may be struck by the bunker-like quality of the architecture. Depending on your aesthetic sense, your heart may drop. You may get a flashback to the days of the Cold War. You may think, ‘Why? O why?’ But don’t…
The Old Bishops’ Palace Museum, Musée de l’Ancien Évêché, Grenoble, France The history of the Isère Department is sweepingly and excellently looked at in the building that used to be home to the bishops of Grenoble. The collection is not vast, but very well presented, and makes for a good starting point for further exploration of the city. The building…
The Archaeological Site of Lattara and the Henri Prades Museum, Site archéologique Lattara – musée Henri Prades, Lattes, France South of Montpellier, near the beaches at Pérols, is a little Roman site. It is not terribly exciting for the average visitor – there are grids of stones, but not much that is visually engaging. However, it’s been terribly important for…
Musée de la Romanité, Nîmes, France In June 2018, the new Musée de la Romanité opened up in Nîmes. The news was all over the media and they generated much hype which I, as a Roman fan, was surprised but very happy to see. I was therefore doubly pleased that Nîmes was on my list of cities to visit in…
The National Museum of Denmark, Nationalmuseet, Denmark, Copenhagen If you’ve by chance read any other posts of mine on Copenhagen, then you will already know that I love the city. And its people. And its museums. The Danish National Museum was, I feel, grossly undersold by the guide books I consulted, and therefore I didn’t set aside enough time to explore…