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Archeological Museum of Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a rewarding stop for art, history and curious minds. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Archeological Museum of Villeneuve-d'Ascq
At Villeneuve-d'Ascq near Lille, the Asnapio archaeological park is an unusual open-air museum where the distant past is brought to life through full-scale reconstructions of dwellings from across the ages. Set in green parkland, it recreates homes and buildings from prehistory to the Middle Ages — a Neolithic hut, Bronze and Iron Age houses, a Gallo-Roman dwelling and a medieval home — built using the techniques and materials of each period, based on real archaeological finds from the region. Visitors can walk among these reconstructions, discovering how people lived, built and worked over thousands of years, with demonstrations and activities that make the experience especially engaging for families. Educational, hands-on and set in the open air, the Asnapio archaeological park offers a vivid and memorable journey through the history of human settlement in northern France.