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Marcel Cornelissen

Archaeologist

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Oct 22, 2026

Chris HowdenHOST
36:24
A new exhibit at the Glacier Garden, an open-air museum in Lucerne, Switzerland, features artifacts that were, until recently, frozen in that ice.
Chris HowdenHOST
36:32
Marcel Cornelissen is a glacial archaeologist who served as a science advisor on this new exhibit.
Chris HowdenHOST
36:37
We reached him in Bern, Switzerland.
Nil KöksalHOST
36:40
Marcel, Glacier Garden sounds quite magical to hear that name.

6 MINS LATER

Nil KöksalHOST
43:07
Thank you.
Marcel CornelissenGUEST
43:08
Thank you for having me.
Chris HowdenHOST
43:10
Marcel Cornelissen is a glacial archaeologist.
Chris HowdenHOST
43:12
We reached him in Bern, Switzerland.
Carolyn BeelerHOST
41:18
Some of those artifacts found in the mountains of Europe are now on display as part of the Treasury of Ice exhibit at the Glacier Garden Museum in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Carolyn BeelerHOST
41:27
Marcel Cornelissen is the curator as well as an archaeologist.
Carolyn BeelerHOST
41:32
He told me a wide variety of artifacts are on display from multiple eras of human history.
Marcel CornelissenGUEST
41:37
They're all from the Swiss Alps.

7 MINS LATER

Marcel CornelissenGUEST
48:12
And nowadays, maize in a few alpine regions is really part of the culinary heritage.
Marcel CornelissenGUEST
48:18
So that's also a really funny story that brings this global history into the ice and into the local population.
Carolyn BeelerHOST
48:26
Marcel Cornelissen is an archaeologist and curator of the exhibit Treasury of Ice.
Carolyn BeelerHOST
48:41
And our time has melted away.
Carolyn BeelerHOST
0:15
Some of those artifacts found in the mountains of Europe are now on display as part of the Treasury of Ice exhibit at the Glacier Garden Museum in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Carolyn BeelerHOST
0:24
Marcel Cornelissen is the curator as well as an archaeologist.
Carolyn BeelerHOST
0:28
He told me a wide variety of artifacts are on display from multiple eras of human history.
Marcel CornelissenGUEST
0:33
They're all from the Swiss Alps.

7 MINS LATER

Marcel CornelissenGUEST
7:08
And nowadays, maize in a few alpine regions is really part of the culinary heritage.
Marcel CornelissenGUEST
7:15
So that's also a really funny story that brings this global history into the ice and into the local population.
Carolyn BeelerHOST
7:22
Marcel Cornelissen is an archaeologist and curator of the exhibit Treasury of Ice.
Carolyn BeelerHOST
7:30
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