The Year of the Bronze Age in France

Western Europe is currently enjoying a glut of museum exhibitions dedicated to prehistory, with the Bronze Age featuring heavily. Many museums are dedicating exhibition space to displaying the stories of prehistoric communities through spectacular artefacts. The Year of the Bronze Age in France is thus timely. It celebrates the 150th anniversary of the recognition of the Bronze Age in France (see Chantre Reference Chantre1875), with museums encouraged to put on displays of Bronze Age material alongside a plethora of events, which are to a large extent co-ordinated by the Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (Inrap) and the Association pour la Promotion des Recherches sur l’à‚ge du Bronze (APRAB).