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Temporary closure of the Museum

Storm warning: the Estate & Royal Museum of Mariemont will be closed to the public on Saturday, 4 October 2025.

The Museum is temporarily closed to the public until 21 November 2025 inclusive as the frames are replaced. 

The study library is accessible by appointment.

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Project « The Merovingian necropoli of the Haine Valley »

Major excavations at Ciply (Hainaut, Mons) in the last quarter of the 19th century uncovered some 1,200 Merovingian tombs. In 1970, Germaine Faider published a book about this remarkable collection of almost 300 skeletons and 2,560 objects. 

Today, new methods, studies and discoveries have called into question the conclusions of this reference work. A collaborative research programme, backed by the Jean-Jacques Comhaire Fund of the King Baudouin Foundation aims to cross-reference the archaeological, biological and material data in order to better understand the individuals, their relationships and their environments. This process will then be extended to all the necropoli in the Haine valley. 
 

 

Research projects:

Regional & Estate Archaeology

Researcher

Page de Marie Demelenne Marie Demelenne

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History and archaeology of the gardens: from the Renaissance to the 21st century

The entire estate is packed with features dating back to at least the 16th century, including buildings (such as the superintendency), roads, old enclosures, icehouses, fishponds and garden and landscape features.

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Between local and global : exhibiting regional archaeology in a European perspective

Regional archaeological collections have been perceived in different ways over the years. Today, territorial representation is vitally important.

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From archaeological site to museum: managing objects found on digs

Taking in finds from recent digs, their long-term preservation, incorporating them into their collections and displaying them to different audiences are all on-going challenges faced by archaeological museums.

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Scientific team

The research carried out at Mariemont is organised around 8 thematic areas which reflect the specific features of the scientific work carried out in the museum sector.

There are around thirty collaborative research projects in which members of the Mariemont scientific team are involved.

The results of this research are made available to the scientific community and are the subject of ongoing accessibility work to ensure that they are passed on to the public. 

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