{"id":339384,"date":"2026-11-14T01:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geneveinfos.ch\/2026\/11\/14\/ile-de-sable-latenium-hauterive-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T16:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T15:33:44","slug":"ile-de-sable-latenium-hauterive-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geneveinfos.ch\/en\/2026\/11\/14\/ile-de-sable-latenium-hauterive-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019\u00eele de Sable (Sand Island) at the Lat\u00e9nium, 4 Oct. 2025 \u2013 10 Jan. 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lat\u00e9nium, in Hauterive, presents \u00ab L\u2019\u00eele de Sable \u00bb (Sand Island), an exhibition on the archaeology of colonial slavery, until 10 January 2027. It shows how excavations give a voice to victims absent from written records.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In September 1761, a ship was wrecked on Tromelin Island, a small arid islet in the Indian Ocean. Eighty people from Madagascar, bought illegally, were left stranded on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1776, an expedition led by the Chevalier de Tromelin found seven survivors and a baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excavations on the island show how these people survived. They broke with essential rules of their original culture and built a new society. They developed techniques and an economy to withstand isolation and cyclones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who organises it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Lat\u00e9nium, archaeology park and museum of Neuch\u00e2tel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to find<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition deals with the colonial slave trade in the 18th century. It draws on archaeological finds made on Tromelin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practical information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n