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

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