Musée Parc Arkéos Archeologie Douai Nord France (c) Ad Langlet

Douai Archaeological Museum

Archeological Museum-Park Arkéos: following the tracks of our ancestors!

A museum retracing 500,000 years of history, and an archaeological park plunging you into the heart of the year 1000… that’s what awaits young and old at Arkéos! On the borders of Douai and Râches, these two extraordinary spaces form a whole: an explosive cultural place, where the history of a territory is told to you.

Open your eyes and ears wide…

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Getting there

The Arkéos Museum, from Prehistory to the Middle Ages...

Archaeological Museum, History, Medieval Park, Douai, northern France (c)Douaisis Agglo

It’s a real encounter that the museum part of Arkéos offers you: from Prehistory to the Middle Ages, discover the daily life of the men and women who helped shape the territory you are walking on! How did they live? What did their homes look like? In what environment did they live? What activities did they practice? More than 1,500 objects (ceramics, bones, glass, stones…), films, models, multimedia terminals and tactile elements are offered to you as part of this historical, fun and interactive visit; in the footsteps of our ancestors!

Musée Parc Archéologique Arkéos Douaisis Nord France (c) Ad Langlet (3)

The Arkéos archaeological park: welcome to the Middle Ages!

Take the footbridge over the Scarpe and continue your visit to Arkéos by exploring the archaeological park. In this area entirely devoted to the Middle Ages, you will be surprised to imagine yourself in the year 1000! Based on the principle of the Guédelon site in the Yonne, the remains discovered during archaeological excavations carried out in the territory allow for the reconstruction of medieval buildings, such as typical dwellings and shops, a tavern and a feudal motte (a particular type of earthen fortification) with a keep, a bailey and even an abbey!