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Schedules
Adults, full price
8 CHF
Adults (3-day pass including the Art Brut Collection and the Historical Museum of Lausanne)
12 CHF
AVS/AI
5 CHF
AVS/AI (3-day pass including the Art Brut Collection and the Historical Museum of Lausanne)
6 CHF
Children (under 16), students, apprentices, unemployed
Free
Groups from 6 persons (price per person)
5 CHF
Closed on Mondays (except July-August and public holidays), as well as on 24, 25, 31 December and 1 January.
Access
Bus 24: “Siège du CIO” stop
Bus 25 : “Bois-de-Vaux” stop
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Much like the Swiss of today, the Helvetians of that time were experiencing a period of profound change. Incorporated into the Roman Empire 15 years before Christ, the Helvetians now belonged to a new world centred around the Mediterranean. Life quickly changed: the use of Latin and writing spread, new techniques and previously unknown goods transformed daily life. People, ideas, and images travel. New leisure activities such as baths and theatre were adopted, Roman cuisine was embraced, and new gods were worshipped. The ancestral Gaulish culture did not disappear; instead, it blended with Roman culture to form the Gallo-Roman civilization.
Integration, new technologies, globalization, cultural blending...: antiquity is relevant today!