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Exhibition
Ausstellung Kinder? Kinder! mit Besucherinnen im Museum in Augusta Raurica
Exhibition

Augusta Raurica

Children? Children! Searching for traces in Augusta Raurica

Today: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

14 March 2013 - 31 January 2021

Who were the children of Augusta Raurica? What kind of childhood did they have? Did they have toys? Did they go to school? Or did they, like the adults, have to work? During the town’s heyday, some 15,000 people lived in Augusta Raurica. One third were less than 15 years old! However, evidence attesting to children and adolescents is rarely found. The exhibition traces the youngest inhabitants of Augusta Raurica and provides an exciting insight into their everyday lives 2000 years ago.


Augusta Raurica, Ausstellung Kinder? Kinder!, Foto: Susanne Schenker
Museum

Augusta Raurica

OpenClosed | 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Giebenacherstrasse 17,  4302  Augst

Opening Hours

Mo 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Tu 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  We 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Th 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Fr 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Sa 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Su 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

From 1st until 26th March the museum is closed for renovation.
During this time the Roman house is accessible free of charge.

Roman house:
Individual visitors and families: 10:00am - 5:00pm.
There is a maximum number of visitors allowed in the Roman house. Please be patient.

Animal park & Protected Houses
10 am - 5 pm

Groups, schools and guided tours: 9:00am - 12:00pm.
Reservation in advance is highly recommended.

Visitors to the museum and the Roman house as well as participants in workshops and guided tours from 12 years of age are required to wear a face mask.


Christmas/New Year 2024/2025

24 December 2024: Closed

25 December 2024: Closed

31 December 2024: Closed

01 January 2025: Closed


Institution

Off to visit the Roman period! The largest archaeological park in Switzerland offers more than thirty surprising, unique and exciting sights including the most impressive Roman theatre north of the Alps, the atmospheric Roman house and on display in the museum the largest collection of late antique silver.

Events in the Roman theatre
An ambience reminiscent of 1800 years ago: the tiers of the impressive theatre in Augusta Raurica at the time would have been packed with up to 10,000 spectators. Today, there is seating for only 2,000 visitors. The atmosphere, however, is still beyond compare.
www.theater-augusta-raurica.ch

The largest Roman festival in Switzerland takes place in Augusta Raurica annually on the last weekend in August. The colourful festival is well known far and wide and attracts thousands of visitors delighted to be transported back to the Roman period. One of the secrets of its success is its unique atmosphere. Surrounded by authentic monuments and entertaining spectacles, visitors learn about modern scientific research presented in an easily comprehensible manner.

The next Roman festival will take place on 6 & 7 August 2022.
ww.roemerfest.ch

Admission

Full price: CHF 8.–
Adults

Reduced rate: CHF 6.–
Children/young people, school children, students (up to 26 years)
AHV recipients (pensioners)
Groups of more than 10, per person

Special rate: CHF 4.–/ CHF 3.–
Holders of a BaselCard or Gästekarte Baselland

Free entry
Children (under 6 years)
Schools/student groups from the cantons of Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft and Aargau
Teachers preparing lessons
Adults accompanying school classes (max. 5)
IV pension recipients and a companion

More special rates: https://www.augustaraurica.ch/en/visit/useful-information/admission-fees/

Museums-PASS-Musées Free admission

Swiss Museum Pass Free admission

Access

train S1 from Basel SBB > Kaiseraugst, bus 81 from Basel Aeschenplatz > Augst

Accessibility

Museum accessible, outdoors partly accessible with accompanying person
Exhibition
Junge Weideschweine am Spielen im Tierpark in Augusta Raurica
Exhibition

Augusta Raurica

Augusta Raurica animal park

Permanent exhibition

Roman travellers were greeted at the gates of Augusta Raurica by an ostentatious funerary monument of a confident individual which paid homage to his influential family. Nowadays the monument stands in front of the east gate and, surrounded by an idyllic animal park with rare ...
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Exhibition

Augusta Raurica

Ruinengeschichten digital: Augmented-Reality-Hörspiel in den Gewerbehäusern

Permanent exhibition

Mit der Augmented-Reality-App können Sie die ausserordentlich gut erhaltenen Gewerbehäuser an der römischen Fernstrasse auf neue Art erkunden: Mit einem AR-Hörspiel und einem interaktiven Rundgang. Tauchen Sie ein in das Alltagsleben vor 1700 Jahren und erleben Sie die ...
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Event
Teilnehmende vom Workshop töpfern ihre eigene Schale aus Ton
Workshop Children

Augusta Raurica

Crockery-stories: Making pots in the Roman way

31 March 2024 | 1.00 PM - 2.30 PM

As on a real archaeological excavation, we handle original 2000 years old sherds and ask the questions: What did the whole vessel look like? How did the Romans use it? We find out how Roman dishes were made on the potter's wheel, put together broken beakers and pots, and ...
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Guided tour in Augusta Raurica
Guided Tour

Augusta Raurica

Augusta Raurica in a nutshell

31 March 2024 | 2.00 PM - 3.00 PM

Guided tour in German.
Setting off from the big bronze model of the town, you will discover everything on this introductory tour which is worth knowing about the public life of a Roman town. You will see round the Roman house, with its authentic furnishings and fittings, ...
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Teilnehmende vom Workshop töpfern ihre eigene Schale aus Ton
Workshop Children

Augusta Raurica

Crockery-stories: Making pots in the Roman way

31 March 2024 | 3.00 PM - 4.30 PM

As on a real archaeological excavation, we handle original 2000 years old sherds and ask the questions: What did the whole vessel look like? How did the Romans use it? We find out how Roman dishes were made on the potter's wheel, put together broken beakers and pots, and ...
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Villa René Clavel in Augusta Raurica
Guided Tour

Augusta Raurica

The villa of René Clavel, lover of antiquities

01 April 2024 | 2.00 PM - 3.15 PM

Guided tour in German

High above Augusta Raurica, surrounded by a well-maintained historical park, is the country estate of chemist, pilot and globetrotter René Clavel (1886-1969). As part of an exclusive tour, we will guide you through the house with its original ...
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Teilnehmende vom Workshop töpfern ihre eigene Schale aus Ton
Workshop Children

Augusta Raurica

Crockery-stories: Making pots in the Roman way

14 April 2024 | 1.00 PM - 2.30 PM

As on a real archaeological excavation, we handle original 2000 years old sherds and ask the questions: What did the whole vessel look like? How did the Romans use it? We find out how Roman dishes were made on the potter's wheel, put together broken beakers and pots, and ...
Read more
Teilnehmende vom Workshop töpfern ihre eigene Schale aus Ton
Workshop Children

Augusta Raurica

Crockery-stories: Making pots in the Roman way

14 April 2024 | 3.00 PM - 4.30 PM

As on a real archaeological excavation, we handle original 2000 years old sherds and ask the questions: What did the whole vessel look like? How did the Romans use it? We find out how Roman dishes were made on the potter's wheel, put together broken beakers and pots, and ...
Read more