page_title: Art & History Museum
section_title: Merovingian civilisation
hierarchical_section_title: Art & History Museum / Collection / National archaeology / Merovingian civilisation
caption_attribution_description: English: Exhibit in the Cinquantenaire Museum - Brussels, Belgium.
context_page_description: The Art & History Museum is a public museum in Brussels, Belgium, which is one of the constituents of the Royal Museums for Art and History. It is located in the Cinquantenaire Park and was previously called the Cinquantenaire Museum. It is one of the largest museums in Europe.
context_section_description: The Merovingian civilisation is known to us mainly through the worship of the dead. In this context, eight tombs are reconstructed in the room presenting this period. Furniture from other graves is distributed in themed display cases where visitors can admire jewellery, belt buckles and other fibulae.
caption: Merovingian tomb with funerary items, mid 6th century AD
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