Opposite Munich's Glyptothek, you will find the Antikensammlung, which has a fine collection of pottery, a couple of bronze and iron weapons, and fascinating ancient jewelry. There are expositions in this building too. I visited “Strong Women”, which I believe ought to have been organized thirty years ago and is now hopelessly unzeitgemäß. To be honest, it was not the first time I was disappointed: on another occasion, I visited an unconvincing exhibition on the Trojan War. Still, if you find it intellectually unsatisfying, you will have to admit that the objects are at least aesthetically perfect, so in the end, you will certainly enjoy your visit.
This museum was visited in a/o 2009.
38 pictures related to this museum
![](/site/assets/files/1536/thumbnail_orestes_aegisthus_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Orestes kills Aegisthus; Clytaemnestra to the left.
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![](/site/assets/files/57847/thumbnail_coin_argos_hera_421-350_munich.jpg) Argos, Coin with Hera
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![](/site/assets/files/5209/thumbnail_lictor_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Statuette of a lictor
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![](/site/assets/files/58203/thumbnail_duris-painter_heracles-athena_antikensammling_munchen_fw.jpg) Duris, Heracles and Athena
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![](/site/assets/files/39503/thumbnail_coin_syracuse_persephone_304-289_munich.jpg) Syracuse, Coin of Demeter
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![](/site/assets/files/57739/thumbnail_amazons_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Roman oil lamp with an Amazonomachy
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![](/site/assets/files/43266/thumbnail_etruscan_warrior_antikensammlung_munich.jpg) Statue of an Etruscan warrior
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![](/site/assets/files/1545/thumbnail_penelope_odysseus_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Meeting of Odysseus and Penelope.
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![](/site/assets/files/43257/thumbnail_charun_siv_antikensammling_munich.jpg) Charun
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![](/site/assets/files/21987/thumbnail_i_adiutrix_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Present to a merchant by soldiers of I Adiutrix
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![](/site/assets/files/9643/thumbnail_heracles_nisos_antikensammlung_munchen_fw.jpg) Heracles killing Nisos
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![](/site/assets/files/43262/thumbnail_etruscan_citizens_listening_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Etruscan citizens wearing tebennas
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![](/site/assets/files/1537/thumbnail_odysseus_nausicaa_munchen_1.jpg) Odysseus, Athena, and Nausicaa.
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![](/site/assets/files/57731/thumbnail_euphronios_amazon_antikensammlung_munchen1.jpg) Euphronius, Cup with an Amazon
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![](/site/assets/files/64445/thumbnail_coin_rhodos_88-43_munich.jpg) Rhodes, Coin with Helios
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![](/site/assets/files/67285/thumbnail_alabastron_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Alabastron
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![](/site/assets/files/45632/thumbnail_sparta_mycenaean_lady_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Sparta, Mycenaean figurine of a woman
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![](/site/assets/files/21730/thumbnail_troy_athena_munchen.jpg) Troy VIII, Coin with the Trojan statue of Athena
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![](/site/assets/files/4665/thumbnail_scythian_stag_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag
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![](/site/assets/files/57738/thumbnail_amazon1_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Round relief of an Amazonomachy
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![](/site/assets/files/58431/thumbnail_tarentum_danaids_c300bce_antikensammlung_munich.jpg) Tarentum, Relief of the Danaids
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![](/site/assets/files/56121/thumbnail_odysseus_polyphemus_munchen_3.jpg) Cyclops
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![](/site/assets/files/43271/thumbnail_tinia_siii_antikensammlung_munich.jpg) Statue of Tinia
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![](/site/assets/files/40280/thumbnail_alexander_terracotta_antikensammlung_munich.jpg) Alexander the Great
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![](/site/assets/files/58423/thumbnail_tarantum_head_antikensammlung_munchen_fw.jpg) Tarentum, Head of a man
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![](/site/assets/files/42822/thumbnail_rhyton_450_antikensammlung_munchen1.jpg) Greek rhyton
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![](/site/assets/files/64910/thumbnail_poseidon_sii_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Statuette of Poseidon
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![](/site/assets/files/65288/thumbnail_boeotia_aphrodite_450_antikensammlung_munich.jpg) Boeotia, Figurine of Aphrodite
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![](/site/assets/files/4669/thumbnail_scythian_eagle_antikensammlung_munchen-1.jpg) Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche
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![](/site/assets/files/57910/thumbnail_boeotia_dog_500-475_antikensammlung_munchen_1_fw.jpg) Boeotia, Figurine of a dog
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![](/site/assets/files/64866/thumbnail_delphi_stoa_athenians_model_munich.jpg) Delphi, Stoa of the Athenians, Model
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![](/site/assets/files/59121/thumbnail_eretria_amazon_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Eretria, Temple of Apollo, Statue of an Amazon
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![](/site/assets/files/58420/thumbnail_taranto_heroes_antikensammlung_munchen_fw.jpg) Tarentum, A man and his lover
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![](/site/assets/files/58413/thumbnail_hoplite_550_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Miniature hoplite
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![](/site/assets/files/1541/thumbnail_odysseus_helios_antikensammlung_munchen.jpg) Odysseus and Helios. Oil lamp.
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![](/site/assets/files/58202/thumbnail_oresteia_athena_munchen.jpg) Oil lamp. Minerva casts a vote for the release of Orestes
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![](/site/assets/files/1519/thumbnail_troy_judgment_paris_munchen_1.jpg) Judgment of Paris; f.l.t.r. Hermes, Iris, Hera, Athena, Aphrodite
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![](/site/assets/files/57879/thumbnail_europa_c200bce_antikensammlung_munich.jpg) Europa and the bull
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