West façade of the castle as seen from Charles de Gaulle Square | |
Established | 1862 |
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Location | Place Charles de Gaulle 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
Coordinates | 48°53′52″N 02°05′44″E / 48.89778°N 2.09556°E |
Collection size | Paleolithic Neolithic et Bronze Age Iron Age Roman Gaul Early Middle Ages Comparative archaeology of the five continents |
Visitors | 113 023 (in 2014) [1] |
Website | Official website |
The National Archaeological Museum (French: Musée d'Archéologie nationale) is a major French archaeology museum, covering pre-historic times to the Merovingian period (450–750). It is housed in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the département of Yvelines, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Paris.