National museum of Archeology in the castle of Saint Germain en Laye

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National Museum of Archeology of France and Map of the musée d’Archéologie nationale (MAN) collection

The Archeology museum of Paris is the French national archeology museum located in the West of the capital city, in the stunning castle of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The museum disposes of great artifacts collections from all over the country and abroad, showing all periods of history, from the earliest Paleolithic to the Medieval one.

Recently, the museum joined a cultural project of La Sorbonne University, Paris III. As part of their studies, seven students have decided to display the collections of the museum on a map according to their place of discovery. This project is the result of a collaboration between the scientific team of the museum and the students. The map is illustrated with 3D models of the France Collections 3D, and is part of the artistic and cultural education of the ministry of culture and communication. The aim of this project is to offer the possibility for the public to use a digital tool to rediscover the wonderful collections of the museum and in a different way!

Room 'Piette' - National museum of archeology

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'[Awesome Table allowed] people to search for specific artifacts and discover new ones in just a few clicks!'

MAN collection and the use of Awesome Table

The museum collections are displayed on Awesome Table Maps view. Objects are classified according to their material, region, department, country and date of discovery and according to the donors of these objects. More than 220 historical artifacts are listed on Awesome Table and displayed on the map. Additionally, a very complete description is provided for each item, offering the public with interesting facts about them (name, type of object, archeological site of discovery, country, etc) as well as breathtaking 3D pictures.

Awesome Table Maps view that displays limestone historical artifacts

(Source: National Museum of Archeology)

By using this website application, the developers of this project have allowed the national museum of archeology to give the opportunity for people to search for specific artifacts and discover new ones in just a few clicks! Therefore, they are able to find the objects of their choice or simply have a general look at all of them.

Work realised by students from La Sorbonne university, Paris III: Mélisande Vialard, Caroline Evrard, Sarah Da Lage, Pauline clément, Ji Sun Yoo, Marie Valognes and Justine Xu.

A special thank you to Mélisande Vialard for providing us the necessary resources for this article!