Musée archéologique de Dijon

The Musée Archéologique de Dijon is an archaeology museum focusing on the archaeology of Burgundy that was founded in 1832, in Côte-d'Or within Dijon, France. It contains collections regarding "the men of Burgandy" that covers the periods of prehistory, protohistory, the rule of Ancient Rome, and the Middle Ages as well as collections of paleochristian art, sacred art, and church architecture. The museum's collection and location have been housed since 1934, in the main wing of the Abbey of St. Bénigne, situated next door to the Dijon Cathedral. History The Benedictine Dormitory ( Gothic Style , 13th Century). The museum first emerged as a collection created by a subdivision of the Academy of Dijon called the Commission des Antiquités du Département de la Côte-d'Or in 1832. The intended goal of the collection and organization was to preserve historical monuments and conduct archaeological operations at major sites such as the Gallo-Roman site at Alise-Sainte-Reine . The collection was initially displayed in the Rolin Hotel , a private mansion in Dijon. In 1934, the collection moved permanently to the Benedictine dormitory of the Abbey of. Collections The museum houses collections from sites across Burgundy on its various floors. Level 0 Level 0 permanent gallery. Clockwise from upper left: Statue of Sequana in a duck-shaped boat, an array of ex-votos in oak wood, a stylized bronze plating of male genitalia, a Gallic stele of a figure holding a candle. The chapter house and scriptorium includes wood carved offerings to the goddess Sequana , a number of bas reliefs, and a sculpture of Sequana. Pilgrims from as far as the Mediterranean came to offer Sequana ex-votos at the source of the Seine.