Vindonissa Museum

Getting here by car, train and bus

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/vindonissa-museum/getting-here-by-car-train-and-bus

Directions to Vindonissa Museum Address Vindonissa Museum – Museum Aargau Museumstrasse 1 5200 Brugg Tel. 0848 871 200 Contact Arrival by public transport and car Arriving by train and bus The Vindoni

Vindonissa Legionary Trail

Excursions for families and children

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/legionary-trail/families

The Vindonissa Legionary Trail offers unforgettable experiences for children: discover the Roman sites of Vindonissa on your own or solve the riddle of the great oracle as a family in a play tour. Som

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Exhibitions

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/vindonissa-museum/museum-and-exhibitions

The Vindonissa Museum's exhibitions showcase the most important original finds from the excavations at Vindonissa. The permanent exhibition is translated into English. The only Roman legionary camp on

Vindonissa Museum

Contact

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/vindonissa-museum/contact

Vindonissa Museum – Museum Aargau Museumstrasse 1 5200 Brugg Tel. 0848 871 200 Send a message Organisation Museum Aargau Management Member Contact Dr. Marco Sigg Director E-Mail Sibylla Fischer Head o

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Events

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/vindonissa-museum/events

Experience the Vindonissa Museum at an event or public guided tour. Family afternoons take place regularly. Calendar of events (in German) Contact +41 (0)848 871 200 Send a message Telephone availabil

Vindonissa Legionary Trail

Military hospital (Valetudinarium)

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/legionary-trail/roman-sites/military-hospital-valetudinarium

Switzerland's first ever military hospital was built 2,000 years ago at Vindonissa. The 60 sick rooms enabled the provision of medical care for up to 300 legionaries. At the camp hospital (valetudinar

Vindonissa Legionary Trail

Soldiers' quarters (Contubernia)

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/legionary-trail/roman-sites/soldiers-quarters-contubernia

The accurately soldiers' quarters (contubernia) are absolutely unique in Europe and offer overnight stays for families, schools and groups. They have been reconstructed using wood, clay and limestone

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Officer's kitchen (Culina Centurionis)

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/legionary-trail/roman-sites/officers-kitchen-culina-centurionis

The residential building of a high-ranking officer with a surface area of some 1,100 m2 was situated directly on the main camp road running from east to west (via principalis). In pre-Roman times a hu

Vindonissa Legionary Trail

West Gate (Porta Principalis)

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/legionary-trail/roman-sites/west-gate-porta-principalis

A legionary camp had four camp gates (portae), through which the two main roads led into the camp: the front gate (porta praetoria), the rear gate (porta decumana) and the two side gates (portae princ

Vindonissa Legionary Trail

North Gate (Porta Decumana)

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/legionary-trail/roman-sites/north-gate-porta-decumana

The discovery of the North Gate (porta decumana) in 1905 was a major breakthrough for early Vindonissa research. Any remaining doubts were finally dispelled: Vindonissa really had been a legionary cam

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IndustriekulTOUR Aabach

A Virtual Tour of Industrial History

Experience the industrial culture on the Aabach with your smartphone: the IndustriekulTOUR Aabach is the first virtual museum space in the canton of Aargau. Meet bosses and factory workers from the age of industrialisation! The digital offering is available in German.

Start an exciting tour along the Aabach with your smartphone and experience the industrial history of the canton of Aargau at the original locations: from Hallwyl Castle via Seon, Lenzburg and Niederlenz to Wildegg – all made possible by augmented and virtual reality! Solve puzzles, discover lost buildings and hear and see stories of the industrial heyday along the Aabach.

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A cooperative project

IndustriekulTOUR Aabach is a cooperation between Museum Aargau, the Museum Burghalde and the Verein Industriekultur Aabach (both websites in German).

Enquiries and contact

+41 (0)848 871 200
museumaargau@ag.ch

Telephone availability
Tuesday to Friday
9 am – 12 midday