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.

27 pictures related to this museum

An eagle attacking a sturgeon (copy of a piece from the Witaszkowo Treasure)	Chryses and a sacrificial bull. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz (Germany)	Priestess	Mithradates IV
Gotarzes II	Coin of Varus	Theodora	Vologases VI
Tombstone showing an Etruscan and a Celtic warrior (cast)	Ring of a soldier of XXII Primigenia	Orodes II	Ephesus, Statuette of Artemis
Tombstone of Trophiumus and his family	Julia Mamaea	Tournai, Treasure of Childeric, Ring (copy)	Artemis of Ephesus, statuette
Verona, Silver dish with Byzantine horseman fighting the Langobards	Contorniate, showing Olympias and her snakes	Valens	Sasanian helmet
The Germanic supreme god Wodan (Odin) on his horse Sleipnir, on a stone from Ardre (Sweden).	Shapur I	Vardanes II	Tournai, Treasure of Childeric, Fibula (copy)
Sinatruces	Coin commemorating Rome's 1000th birthday, showing the Temple of Venus and Roma	Translation of relics