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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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

Tours to the Roman sites

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/legionary-trail/tours-to-the-roman-sites

From April to October, the Vindonissa Legionary Trail offers exciting expeditions to original Roman sites. Most of the exhibition texts are translated into English. On a self-guided tour, you'll encou

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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 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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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

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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

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Water main (Aquaeductus)

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/legionary-trail/roman-sites/water-main-aquaeductus

The aqueduct of Vindonissa now supplies a water fountain, making it the oldest structure in Switzerland that still performs its original function. Using innovative surveying technology, the legionarie

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Large sewer (Cloaca Maxima)

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/legionary-trail/roman-sites/large-sewer-cloaca-maxima

The large sewer ran along the western front of the legionary camp, immediately adjacent to the camp wall. It lay under the road parallel to the camp wall (via sagularis) and formed part of an extensiv

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Main street and main gate (Via et Porta Praetoria)

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/legionary-trail/roman-sites/main-street-and-main-gate-via-et-porta-praetoria

The most important gateway in a military camp was the Porta Praetoria. The main street starting at the gate (via praetoria) lead in a straight line to the legion's headquarters (principia), the admini