The museum is open every day except tuesday from 10 a.m to 6 p.m
Last admission 5 p.m
Live the historical EXPERIENCE
- 25 Centuries of history to explore
- 5000 Exceptional pieces
- 65 Multimedia devices
Plunge into the history of Nîmes
Let us guide you on a discovery of the Nîmes territory and everyday life of the people who lived here over 25 centuries…
Explore Nîmes in Roman times
Journey back to the origins of Nîmes, when the Gauls would worship the god Nemausus at the foot of the sacred source, then explore Nîmes in Roman times: monumental architecture, recreation of the living quarters of a Roman villa, statues and mosaics, everyday objects and objects related to worshipping the gods.
Your journey continues through the Middle Ages, through an imaginary world and a profound Christian faith engraved in stone. A display that will help you understand the influence of the Roman civilisation and the traces that can still be seen today, as permanent ancient references engraved into the history of Nîmes.
An interactive museum
The Musée de la Romanité is a new-generation interactive museum, thanks to the use of multimedia devices throughout the collections, for a surprising immersive experience and to see Nîmes in Roman times from a brand-new perspective.
This museum is located opposite the Arena of Nîmes and was designed in a contemporary style by architect Elizabeth de Portzamparc, with a glass covering draped over the facade, much like a wavy mosaic. The Musée de la Romanité is both a scientific and innovative museum, a real experience, with a book-gift shop, gourmet bistro-style restaurant overlooking the Arena, and a Mediterranean-style garden. Finally, there’s a breath-taking view of the most beautiful monuments of Nîmes from the 360° rooftop.
The Musée de la Romanité is the gateway to understanding Nîmes and the surrounding area
The Musée de la Romanité is much more than just a Gallo-Roman museum, it is also an archaeological museum where you can learn all about the Roman influence on the area throughout the centuries. Just like the other museums of Nîmes, it bears the “Musée de France” label. It is the biggest museum in the Gard and one of the most visited in the Occitanie region of France.
Agenda
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– Discovery guided tour
Guided tour
Excerpt: Do you like learning little historical facts, listening to funny anecdotes, and finding all the answers to your questions? So what are you waiting for? Come and take the discovery guided tour of our permanent collections! Our tour guides will take you on a journey into Nîmes in Antiquity… Duration : 5 hours Language : French…
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– A mosaic for the senses
Guided family tour
Excerpt: Walking tour, 3-5 year olds The museum is finally able to offer an introduction to its collections specially designed for little ones! Our small guests, accompanied by their parents, must help Romain the Dolphin on his quest to find his friend the little blackfin. To do so, they must uncover hidden clues within the different mosaics…
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– Discovery guided tour
Guided tour
Excerpt: Do you like learning little historical facts, listening to funny anecdotes, and finding all the answers to your questions? So what are you waiting for? Come and take the discovery guided tour of our permanent collections! Our tour guides will take you on a journey into Nîmes in Antiquity… Duration : 5 hours Language : French…
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– Discovery guided tour
Guided tour
Excerpt: Do you like learning little historical facts, listening to funny anecdotes, and finding all the answers to your questions? So what are you waiting for? Come and take the discovery guided tour of our permanent collections! Our tour guides will take you on a journey into Nîmes in Antiquity… Duration : 5 hours Language : French…
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– Discovery guided tour
Guided tour
Excerpt: Do you like learning little historical facts, listening to funny anecdotes, and finding all the answers to your questions? So what are you waiting for? Come and take the discovery guided tour of our permanent collections! Our tour guides will take you on a journey into Nîmes in Antiquity… Duration : 5 hours Language : French…
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– Discovery guided tour
Guided tour
Excerpt: Do you like learning little historical facts, listening to funny anecdotes, and finding all the answers to your questions? So what are you waiting for? Come and take the discovery guided tour of our permanent collections! Our tour guides will take you on a journey into Nîmes in Antiquity… Duration : 5 hours Language : French…
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– Egg hunt for the ‘lil’ chicks
Animation
Excerpt: On Easter Monday, the Musée de la Romanité is organising special egg hunt for children… With their keen eyes, they will have to carefully search the museum’s collections to find eggs, bells, chickens or even rabbits that are hidden in the display cases or that decorate various objects. Once their quest is over the children will…
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– Discovery guided tour
Guided tour
Excerpt: Do you like learning little historical facts, listening to funny anecdotes, and finding all the answers to your questions? So what are you waiting for? Come and take the discovery guided tour of our permanent collections! Our tour guides will take you on a journey into Nîmes in Antiquity… Duration : 5 hours Language : French…
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– Les goûters Muséo’kids – “In the Roman garden”
Guided tour and workshop for young audiences
Theme Goûters Muséo’kids
Excerpt: 6-10 years This time the visit takes place in the museum garden. Your children discover the plants that arrived in the Nîmes area during Roman times: their names, stories about them, uses and more. Then they don their gardener’s hat and plant a Roman species, decorate the pot, and label it with its Latin name. Now…
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– Discovery guided tour
Guided tour
Excerpt: Do you like learning little historical facts, listening to funny anecdotes, and finding all the answers to your questions? So what are you waiting for? Come and take the discovery guided tour of our permanent collections! Our tour guides will take you on a journey into Nîmes in Antiquity… Duration : 5 hours Language : French…
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– Universe
Show
Excerpt: Emma Morin leads us on a journey into the « immeasurable paradise » of the black hole, with excerpts from the research of French astrophysicists Françoise Combes and Hélène Courtois, who illuminate the cosmological dimension of our world. For this event, she will be accompanied by Vincent Courtois, cellist and improviser. By Emma MORIN (concept and voice) and…
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– Discovery guided tour
Guided tour
Excerpt: Do you like learning little historical facts, listening to funny anecdotes, and finding all the answers to your questions? So what are you waiting for? Come and take the discovery guided tour of our permanent collections! Our tour guides will take you on a journey into Nîmes in Antiquity… Duration : 5 hours Language : French…
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– The Natural Side of History
Guided family tour
Excerpt: Family visit, 6-12 years old Whether through the cycle of the seasons, nourishment, worship, or through the inspiration it provides, nature has always been part of the daily and spiritual life of mankind. This guided tour invites young and old alike to explore the museum’s collection that celebrates Mother Nature by illustrating agricultural, artistic and religious…
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– In Nîmes, do as the Nîmois!
Animation
Free
Excerpt: This new session of the Peplum Book Forum gives you the opportunity to understand this Roman way of life and to reflect on the idea of integration and assimilation in Antiquity. A day brought to life by speakers who are as erudite as they are entertaining, but also by discussion with the public after the lectures.…
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– Discovery guided tour
Guided tour
Excerpt: Do you like learning little historical facts, listening to funny anecdotes, and finding all the answers to your questions? So what are you waiting for? Come and take the discovery guided tour of our permanent collections! Our tour guides will take you on a journey into Nîmes in Antiquity… Duration : 5 hours Language : French…
The museum newsletter
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The Musée de la Romanité awarded the Qualité Tourisme* label
Excerpt: The procedure began in the spring and the Musée de la Romanité in Nîmes was finally awarded the “Qualité Tourisme” label in October 2020. This French national label is valid for 5 years and is awarded following an audit to check more than 350 specific criteria, which is then validated by a visit from a ‘mystery…
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360° virtual tour: The Musée de la Romanité is coming to you!
Excerpt: You can now take a 360° virtual tour of the Musée de la Romanité, in partnership with Impakt 360, a digital start-up based in Nîmes and Montpellier, specialised in creating 360° immersive content. An exceptional experience up-close with the artworks and collections, to explore the museum in a whole different light… A real experience of a virtual…
MORE THAN A MUSEUM,
A real experience
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Architectural interaction
Admire architect E. de Portzamparc’s creation, that invites the town into the museum
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The rooftop
Admire the fabulous 360° view that awaits you from the rooftop, overlooking the city of Nîmes
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The Café du Musée
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The garden
Relax in the Mediterranean-style archaeological garden and find out how the plants came to be here and how they acclimatised.
