Mainz, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum

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If you are interested in ancient history, the museums of Mainz, ancient Mogontiacum, are not to be missed. In fact, the city boasts no less than six museums. The largest of these is the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, (Central Museum for Roman and Germanic Art) in the palace of the former Elector-Archbishop. It consists of three departments: Pre- and Protohistory, Antiquity, and Early Middle Ages. This chronological depth is matched by a geographical width: the collections do not concentrate on Europe, but offer a lot of attention to developments in Africa and Asia. Most objects are original, but there are also a couple of replicas from other museums, which makes the museum an ideal place to explain things to students.

This museum was visited in 2001, 2005, 2008.

31 pictures related to this museum

Coin of Varus	Ring of a soldier of XXII Primigenia	Contorniate, showing Olympias and her snakes	Theodora
Neuwied-Niederbieber, Tiberius conquering Raetia	Sinatruces	Verona, Silver dish with Byzantine horseman fighting the Langobards	Gotarzes II
Mithradates IV	Ephesus, Figurine of Artemis	Tournai, Treasure of Childeric, Fibula (copy)	Witaszkowo Treasure: An eagle attacking a sturgeon (copy)
Antioch, Portrait of a priestess	Shapur I	Figurine of Artemis of Ephesus	Sasanian helmet
Orodes II	Tournai, Treasure of Childeric, Jewelry (copy)	Chryses and a sacrificial bull	Constantinople, Ivory with the translation of relics
Vologases VI	Tournai, Treasure of Childeric, Axe	Julia Mamaea	Disk with the beginning of a fight between two gladiators
Vardanes II	Phrygia, Tombstone of Trophimus and his family	Ardre, the Germanic supreme god Odin on his horse Sleipnir (cast)	Tournai, Treasure of Childeric, Ring (copy)
Coin commemorating Rome's 1000th birthday, showing the Temple of Venus and Roma	Tombstone with an Etruscan and a Celtic warrior (cast)	Valens