Laténium

Laténium Review

Located at water's edge, this interactive archaeological museum is the largest in Switzerland. In the nearby community of Hauterive, it displays artifacts found in and around Lac Neuchâtel and explains how they were recovered. The lifestyles of Bronze Age lake dwellers are skillfully depicted, with pride of place going to a sculpted standing stone from Bevaix, a village southwest of Neuchâtel, which resembles a man. Inside the museum you can also see the remains of a 60-foot-long Gallo-Roman barge; outside in the park, its reconstruction is moored near a full-scale wooden Bronze Age house on stilts. There is a pamphlet in English, and for 5 SF you can rent an hour-long audio-guide in English. There is a free shuttle boat service to Hauterive from the port in Neuchâtel that runs Friday-Sunday in April and May and Tuesday-Sunday June-September.