VESUNNA, Gallo-Roman Museum

The Vesunna museum site presents the Roman origins of Périgueux on the remains of a large Gallo-Roman residence, the Domus de Vésone. Its exceptional archaeological collections tell the story of the ancient city and illustrate the lifestyles of the Pétrucores gallic tribe.

Large roman villa ruins under cover. Lots of information with this self tour

Entrance was free on the occasion on National Architecture day. Yet the museum was almost empty. It was our third visit and this time we really took the time to explore the lower level, ignoring the displays on levels 1 and 2. We think it is an amazing place and highly recommend a visit.

Jean Nouvel's open architecture puts the ruins of this domus, ancient gallo-romain village, into perspective. A beautiful site and artifacts to visit absolutely when you are in Périgueux, next to the tour of Vesunna a roman goddess and protector of the city.

Very intresting museum with a kind of 3d dimension seeing cotruction modell-remain and a view outside towards the tower i strogly recomend this

An excellent museum covering the Gallo-Roman period on the site of a Roman town house, the excavation of which is both visible and well explained. It is worth watching the short video of the changes to the house between the first and third centuries, set alongside and in the context of the discoveries during the archeological digs, to understand better what one sees. Highly recommended!

We stopped here originally to kill time before checking into our B&B and boy are we glad we did. This is a wonderful museum! It is full of artifacts, and really provides a window into how the Romans lived in this area of France. It has to been seen to really be appreciated. You will not be disappointed if you visit!

I found this a very average museum in a very nice building but all explainers are in French, no English only some books in the book shop. So as a non French speaker it’s hard to get all out of the experience