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

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