The collections of the Penmarc'h Museum

Rich with several thousand objects gathered in the XIX^e and early XX^e century, the museum of the Finisterian prehistory of Penmarc'h was created in 1923. The collections of more than 200 sites excavated in the department were gathered there.

They reveal many material remains of ancient societies: 

• carved flint from prehistoric sites
• ceramics and tools of the Grand cairn of Barnenez
• the axes, daggers and arrowheads of the Bronze Age tumulus of Plouvorn
• the rich furniture from the Armorican underground of the Iron Age
• the necropolis of Saint-Urnel in Plomeur dating from the early Middle Ages
• etc.

The support of the Ministry of Culture

By mobilizing the funds of the national programme for the promotion of cultural content of the ministry of culture, the selected objects have integrated a digital showcase created for the occasion. Each piece is presented with a scientific notice and high quality photographs, downloadable. The photographs were taken by Laureen Vinçonneau – Humanist photography – Terre d’Aimée and the drawings by Olivier-Marc Nadel.

This site, designed by SLWD and Xavier Pothin, is discovered as a real virtual museum in which the discovery of objects takes place according to a chronological, thematic or random route, like a stroll in 500,000 years of Finistère history. 

Now it’s your turn to embark on this journey… 

Flint arrowheads and bronze daggers from the tomb of the tumulus of Limbabu, located in Saint-Thégonnec © Laureen Vinçonneau

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