The Museum of Tautavel European Center of Prehistory is a complex built around the “Homme de Tautavel”. It presents the history of humanity in Europe since the first Europeans to the gates of history by taking examples from the nearby area of Tautavel.

Throughout 21 rooms, the Museum of Prehistory invites you to meet the “Homme de Tautavel”, the oldest man found on French soil (450,000 years). The Museum of Prehistory presents his unique collections with means of modern museography in order to make the distant past comprehensible to all.

Through faithful reconstitutions of prehistoric scenes, you dive into the valley of Tautavel and make a fabulous journey among men, animals and landscapes. A reconstitution of the “Caune de l’Arago” (place of discovery of the “Hommme de Tautavel”) visitors can immerse themselves into the authentic habitat of this ancestor. A multimedia show recreates a hunting scene from 450 000 years ago.