gallo-roman museum of lyon
jason found this amazing museum, the gallo-roman museum of lyon. i had never been to anything like it!
the museum was very interesting to look at it. it was built into the side of the roman theater with a view onto the theater. it is a very unfinished space with lots of cement and only two or three large windows. the natural sunlight was the main light source for the museum. those windows look onto the beautiful theater seen below! unfortunately, given the snow, we could not go into the theater. it did make a spectacular view.
the museum stepped us through the history of romans in lyon from creation to the fall of lyon. they also tackled such topics as death, clothing and religion. jason loved seeing the references to bacchaus, the god of wine!
the museum had an exhibit on all of the roman references in the movies! we thought it was pretty funny that most of the movies were american! they included such classics as ben hur and the ten commandments. the movies were "sprinkled" throughout the museum. it was a nice chance throughout the museum to have a sit and rest my feet!
i will say the museum did seem a little long to get to the end. given the museum was very consequential, it was a far walk to learn about the fall of lyon!
time spent in museum: 2.5 hrs
times visited: 1
overall: A-
the museum was very interesting to look at it. it was built into the side of the roman theater with a view onto the theater. it is a very unfinished space with lots of cement and only two or three large windows. the natural sunlight was the main light source for the museum. those windows look onto the beautiful theater seen below! unfortunately, given the snow, we could not go into the theater. it did make a spectacular view.
the museum stepped us through the history of romans in lyon from creation to the fall of lyon. they also tackled such topics as death, clothing and religion. jason loved seeing the references to bacchaus, the god of wine!
the museum had an exhibit on all of the roman references in the movies! we thought it was pretty funny that most of the movies were american! they included such classics as ben hur and the ten commandments. the movies were "sprinkled" throughout the museum. it was a nice chance throughout the museum to have a sit and rest my feet!
i will say the museum did seem a little long to get to the end. given the museum was very consequential, it was a far walk to learn about the fall of lyon!
time spent in museum: 2.5 hrs
times visited: 1
overall: A-
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