Mainz, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum
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.
29 pictures related to this museum
 Tournai, Treasure of Childeric, Ring (copy) |
 Coin of Varus |
 Verona, Silver dish with Byzantine horseman fighting the Langobards |
 Tombstone showing an Etruscan and a Celtic warrior (cast) |
 Julia Mamaea |
 Theodora |
 Priestess |
 Sasanian helmet |
 Orodes II |
 Valens |
 Gotarzes II |
 Contorniate, showing Olympias and her snakes |
 Shapur I |
 Neuwied-Niederbieber, Tiberius conquering Raetia |
 Coin commemorating Rome's 1000th birthday, showing the Temple of Venus and Roma |
 Disk with the beginning of a fight between two gladiators |
 Artemis of Ephesus, statuette |
 Chryses and a sacrificial bull. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz (Germany) |
 Tournai, Treasure of Childeric, Fibula (copy) |
 Witaszkowo Treasure: An eagle attacking a sturgeon (copy) |
 Tombstone of Trophiumus and his family |
 Vardanes II |
 Vologases VI |
 Translation of relics |
 Ephesus, Statuette of Artemis |
 Mithradates IV |
 Ardre, the Germanic supreme god Odin on his horse Sleipnir (cast) |
 Sinatruces |
 Ring of a soldier of XXII Primigenia |