Musée Aquitaine

The Musée d’Aquitaine focuses on the local history of Bordeaux and the surrounding Aquitaine region. Since we enjoy learning the origins of each city we visit, this was a ‘must see’. The earliest records show that around 567 BC Bordeaux was settled by the Celts who named the town Burdigala, a name you see frequently in the city still today. Roman rule began around 60 BC and the very first vines were planted during the early Roman occupation.

There was a temporary exhibition, featuring Jack London that was interesting. We are renaming him, ‘the pioneer vlogger’. He and his wife traveled the world, in his case by sail boat, took photos and videos and wrote books. Sounds familiar, right?

— Ted & Julia

Depiction of an ancient graveyard

Glazed Tiles

The Cenotaph of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Marble coffin

The tomb of Marshal Alphonse d’Ornano

A sculpted reproduction

Religious relics

Model of the ship the Conqueror, around 1770

International Maritime Exposition

Jack London in the South Seas

Jack London’s Camera

Jack London’s Typewriter

A chief’s armor

Weapons

Weapons

Reliquary figure

Jewelry