The Arles Antique Museum

The collections of the Musée Départemental de l’Arles Antique are displayed in a contemporary building built on the remains of the Roman circus.

With its permanent collection and major exhibitions, the museum is an essential place to visit for all archaeology, art and history enthusiasts to gain a better understanding of the development of the Roman town.

The exterior of the triangular-shaped museum is brightly coloured with simple lines : the blue facade represents the sky, the only thing which has remained unchanged since Antiquity; white, the colour of understanding for the reading rooms; red, the colour of action, for the research laboratories.

The museum is carefully laid out using a mix of chronology and themes, models and plans to present all the records of the city from Prehistory to late Antiquity.

The interior has vast exhibition areas and in particular a series of models of Roman buildings, restored to their original state.