There is a very interesting set of exhibitions and events organised around the theme of play and games in antiquity at three museums in Switzerland: The Swiss Museum of Games; The Roman Museum in Nyon and The Roman Museum of Vallon.
Swiss Museum of Games, La Tour-de-Peilz
Currently, The Swiss Museum of Games has a special exhibition on the subject of antiquity in games, and a number of board games and computer games are on display, along with a selection of games for visitors to play with. The exhibition is open until 19th April, 2015, which will coincide with the end of the 18th Board Games Studies colloquium (the BGS colloquium dates are 15-18 April 2015)
Throw a six to start
The Games Museum also hosted a three-day international colloquium, entitled Jeux et Multiculturalite dans l'Antiquite Greco-Romain. I gave a presentation on Iron Age board game pieces on Tuesday morning [jeux et multiculturalite conference programme].
Jeux et Multiculturalite delegates at The Roman Museum, Nyon
The Roman Museum of Nyon has an extensive exhibition, entitled The Game of Life, which conference delegates visited on Wednesday. We were lucky enough to be given a guided tour of the exhibition (in English), by Veronique Dasen and Ulrich Schaedler, who are also the conference organisers and exhibition curators.
The Roman Museum of Vallon had a special ehibition, "Game Over", earlier in the year. "The Game of Life" exhibition will be moved to Vallon, with some alterations, in 2015.
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