Aurélia Basterrechea has been a scientific collaborator and project manager at ArchaeoConcept since 2017. She holds a Master’s degree in Museum Studies and a second Master’s in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology, both from the University of Neuchâtel. She is particularly interested in heritage interpretation and archaeological mediation, especially for younger audiences.

She has taken part in several excavation campaigns in Switzerland and abroad (notably in Kerma, Sudan), and has held various positions in museums (Sion, Liège, Biel) as well as within cantonal cultural organizations. She is also active in the associative field: secretary of the Valaisan Archaeological Association and president of ArchaeoTourism, she regularly contributes to projects that raise awareness of heritage and foster public engagement. Her role as General Secretary of the Valais Museum Association from 2020 to 2022 gave her a solid understanding of the museum network in Valais and its specificities.

At ArchaeoConcept, she has coordinated the Site of the Month project, developed educational trails and archaeological hikes, curated exhibitions, and has been involved in research on innovative methods of scientific communication, particularly through digital platforms. She recently co-edited the book New Ways of Communicating Archaeology in a Digital World (Springer, 2024).

Since 2024, she has also been working with the Cantonal Museums of Valais as an archaeology mediator, contributing to the development of an exhibition on the Neolithic stelae of Sion. In 2025, she takes on responsibility, together with the RAMHA association (Archaeological Research on the Wall [known as] of Hannibal), for the outreach component of the MAIA project (Merveilles Archéologiques Invisibles des Alpes), an Interreg project between Switzerland and Italy, in partnership with the Cantonal Office of Archaeology of Valais.