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

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