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Exhibition “Arkeo nineteenth-twenty-first century, when the man had written his” Museum Joseph Déchelette, Roanne, from March 1 to November 11, 2014

From March 1 to November 11, 2014, Joseph Déchelette Museum presents an exhibition outside the box, “Arkeo.” Accessible to all, “Arkeo” tells a adventure of archeology and its repercussions on the history of man.

Tribute to Joseph Déchelette the 100th anniversary of his death, the exhibition focuses on his favorite discipline, archeology. The museum offers a unique ride through several approaches to archeology centuries. And this is a preview for you to Roanne!

2014 centenary of the beginning of the Great War … every corner of France remembers his way this conflict so deadly. City Roanne will honor one of its great men, Joseph Déchelette killed in an attack in the first weeks of combat. But rather a biographical exhibition, the choice was made ​​to honor the discipline in which he illustrated: archeology. Rooted in ceremonies around the world war of 1914-1918, this exhibition has been awarded the “Centenary”. For the Museum of Roanne, named Joseph Déchelette, this event will mark the return of archeology, excluded from nearly twenty years of temporary programming. ‘s “Arkeo nineteenth and twenty-first century show, when the man writes his past “traces the turbulent birth of archeology and the evolution of its methods with the center, the contribution of Déchelette. It leads the visitor to the conquest of an invaluable asset: its heritage. decidedly European character of the vocation of Déchelette occupies a central place in the discourse. This is the meaning of partnerships entered into with the European Archaeological Centre Mont Beuvray Bibracte and Römisch-germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM) Mainz in Germany. This exhibition will occupy the spaces for temporary exhibitions museum conferred on two levels. Nearly 450 objects from prestigious national and European loans (Musée d’Orsay, Centre Pompidou, Museum of National Antiquities, Laténium Neuchâtel in Switzerland, RGZM of Mainz, Germany) will be highlighted by the clear scenography Sophie Couëlle and graphics Charlotte Clement. The envisioned by the curator, Marine Lechenault course, comes in five chronological sections: inheritance, beginnings, construction of a new science, the wars and time laboratories.

Déchelette Joseph, father of archeology (1862-1914)

Joseph Déchelette is one of the major figures of French archeology of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Born in Roanne in 1862 in a family of industrialists in the textile, he leads an original scientific career. It has:
– been curator of the Municipal Museum of the City
– carried out excavations at Bibracte (archaeological site in Burgundy)
– correspondent of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres was elected
was on the front during the First World War – .
document: Prehistoric Archaeology Manual, Celtic and Gallo-Roman Death to the field of honor in 1914, he bequeathed his collections and his hotel in the city of Roanne.