Musée d'Yverdon et région (MY)

The Museum of Yverdon and its Region is housed in the thirteenth-century-built Savoyard castle of the town. Its permanent exhibition traces 6000 years of exceptionally uninterrupted history of the area from the first Neolithic settlements (around 4500 BC) till today. It is also a center of information on stilt settlements listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.The museum has also got a section about navigation in Antiquity thanks to two Gallo-Roman boats, an exhibition dedicated to the famous educationalist J. H. Pestalozzi and Egyptian antiquities.

This museum greets you in the following languages: D/F/I/E
Opening 1764

Current exhibitions

ROCK ME BABY

10.10.2020 - 22.05.2021

Rock me Baby porte un regard croisé sur la machine à écrire, ancien fleuron industriel du Nord vaudois, à travers les arts visuels, l’histoire et l’industrie, la culture populaire, et la mémoire collective. Le Centre d’art contemporain, le Musée d’Yverdon et région, la Maison d’Ailleurs, ainsi que la Bibliothèque publique et scolaire d’Yverdonles-Bains accueillent, dès le 10 octobre 2020, ce projet multidisciplinaire et collaboratif mêlant histoire régionale et création contemporaine.

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D/F/I
Guided tours are offered in the following languages: F/I
Prolongation >> 22.05.2021