Traces are linguistic events documented through their relationships to tangible objects, monuments or places, whose memory echoes through those material hosts and geographies. 

Appearing in written language in the form of inscriptions and graffiti or in oral traditions, such as toponyms, language Traces illustrate the deep and layered relationship between tangible objects and their intangible significance – representing, in essence, the linguistic dimension of place and material culture. 

Traces allow us to build an archaeology of languages attached to objects and geography, past and present. Since Traces are diffused throughout European territory, they form our Diffuseum, a virtual territorial expansion of our museum space.

We classify TRACES  in 3 broad categories, which are in turn divided into further sub-categories: