Laténium Parc et Musée d'Archéologie

Very nice museum about the history of people of Neuchatel from the Neolithic era, Bronze age, Celts, Gallo-Roman and then lastly, the Middle Ages. The park outside the museum also contains display about early settlers of the region. The museum is sleek and the display looks modern. Entrance ticket is CHF12. The display has description in French and German. Unfortunately, there is no English language in the description. However, you can get audio guide (in many languages including English) for CHF5. For me, the highlight of the museum is the ancient ship. The museum is also located just opposite the lake and has beautiful scenery Recommended visit.

A museum that displays artifacts from the Paleolithic era to the Middle Ages. Very friendly staff. Impressive reconstructions of dwellings in the outdoor park

This is an extraordinary archeological museum, by far the most interesting I have visited. It appears to have been designed and built around objects and histories that have been excavated in the Neuchâtel region rather than these having been put into a museum building. We visited the first Friday morning of 2025 and were almost by ourselves with a lot of time to follow the very educational and thrilling layout of our past history. And spend some time also in the gardens like we did this beautiful morning. Just now there is a separate exhibition featuring objects and histories from prison camps in France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland set up during WWII that you should not miss. But hurry up, it closes soon! Overall, a great way to educate yourself!!

Interesting museum, with a variery of items, the objects are well described and labelled (we did not take any audioguide) and the different spaces take you through history and are also well designed and even impressive. There is also a section about archeology itself and how the different objects are maintained and protected against decay, especially in water, which is very interesting. The visit takes about 2-2.5 hours. There are also some interesting elements outside; moreover the area around the museum and the lake is worth a stroll for its beautiful landscape! We did not find the staff very helpful, though.

This was a very strange visit for me. The best dedicated archaeology museum I've ever visited (and I've been to a lot) with the rudest staff I have ever encountered at a museum anywhere in the world. Swiss people are generally pretty nice, but not the rude young docent here (blond woman with a nosering)! Totally unacceptable for a museum staff.

Like most if the museum in Switzerland everything is absolutely perfect clean and well prepared. There is just one thing i miss everywhere, there is just nothing to touch, in a way to help understand how heavy, or soft or well done a piece is. Holding a sword or a coin, even a replica would help understand kids and adults how things were back then.

Most important archeological museum of Switzerland. For history lovers, this place is a treasure trove. The museum is spacious and offers tranquility. There are creative spaces for children and interactive games available.

Very nice museum. Its collection items range from the medieval periods to deep prehistory (bottom floor to top), but you come here of course for the world-famous late-Celtic period named after this site, La Tène. Access to the museum is easy, with a low-cost parking nearby (the port). When I visited during lunchtime, mid-June, I think I was the only visitor. The magnificent iron tools and weapons (and all the rest) are very well described, and sometimes reconstructed. Sadly, text is only displayed in two local languages (German and French)- it would have been far more logical to have just one local language (French), and English. My second gripe is this tendency to display with heavily contrasting lights. We have a spot here and there in mostly dark, cavernous rooms- a recipe for eye fatigue. When in a museum, I want to read it like a book, with even lightening plse. Worse, the texts were often in the dark, with small print and very hard to read. Also, I was often confused as to where items had been found (each, or each set should have its mini-map and discovery date).