List of Roman museums

This article explains the museum profile in a general sense, for the Museum of Ancient Egyptology in Hildesheim see Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim .

Roman Museum is the name of a museum that specializes as a museum of antiquities specifically on the exhibition and maintenance of exhibits relating to the Roman conquest and settlement.

List of Roman museums

Also included are some important general historical, archaeological or art museums with important Roman departments.

Germany

institution	place	state	Key exhibits and notes	in situ
Cambodunum Archaeological Park	Kempten (Allgäu)	Bavaria	Cambodunum	S.
Clemens Sels Museum	Neuss	North Rhine-Westphalia	Finds from Novaesium
Dominican Museum Rottweil	Rottweil	Baden-Württemberg	Branch museum of the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg, models and reconstructions of Roman castles and the settlement municipium Arae flaviae, Orpheus mosaic	M, S
European culture park Bliesbruck-Reinheim	Bliesbruck / Reinheim	Saarland	Longitudinal axis palace villa with reconstructed outbuildings and vicus with thermal baths, several museum buildings with different focuses	S.
Gäubodenmuseum Straubing	Straubing	Bavaria	Finds from the Roman Sorviodurum , an important military place on the Raetian Danube border. The highlight of the exhibition is the Roman treasure find.	M.
Celtic-Roman Museum	Manching	Bavaria	Branch museum of the Archaeological State Collection Munich , two 15 meter long Roman military ships
Limes Museum Aalen	Bask	Baden-Württemberg	Aalen Fort and finds from the Upper German-Raetian Limes (UNESCO World Heritage Site)	M.
Limeseum Ruffenhofen	Wittelshofen	Bavaria	Castle Ruffenhofen in Römerpark Ruffenhofen (World Heritage Site), helmet plate of soldiers December	M, S
LVR-RömerMuseum Xanten	Xanten	North Rhine-Westphalia
LWL Roman Museum	Haltern am See	North Rhine-Westphalia	Roman camp Haltern	M.
Museum of the city of Butzbach	Butzbach	Hesse	Butzbach Castle
Museum Quintana - Archeology in Künzing	Künzing	Bavaria	Finds from the Roman fort Quintana
Museum Schloss Fechenbach	The castle	Hesse	Finds from the civitas capital Dieburg	Z
Museum Center Burg Linn	Krefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	Finds from Gelduba
Kalkriese Museum and Park	Bramsche	Lower Saxony	Find region Kalkriese	M.
Roman Villa Regional Museum	Grenzach	Baden-Württemberg	Villa urbana	S.
Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier	trier	Rhineland-Palatinate	Finds from Augusta Treverorum , city model
Roman Hall (Bad Kreuznach)	Bad Kreuznach	Rhineland-Palatinate	Roman palace villa	S.
Roman house in Walheim	Walheim	Baden-Württemberg	Branch museum of the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg, completely preserved Roman strip house in its foundation walls	M, S
Bedaium Roman Museum	Seebruck	Bavaria	Roman settlement of Bedaium	S.
Roman Museum Güglingen	Güglingen	Baden-Württemberg
Roman Museum in the Riississen School	Ehingen	Baden-Württemberg	Finds from the Riississen fort
Roman Museum Fort Boiotro	Passau	Bavaria	Boiotro Castle	M.
Mainhardt Roman Museum	Schwäbisch Hall	Baden-Württemberg
Quantum Ennetach Roman Museum	amounts	Baden-Württemberg	Ennetach Castle the museum has been closed since the end of 2015	M.
Roman Museum Grabenstätt	Grabenstätt	Bavaria	Military diploma from Geiselprechting former private collection Multerer today communal
Roman Museum Obernburg	Obernburg am Main	Bavaria	Finds from the Obernburg fort
Osterburken Roman Museum	Osterburken	Baden-Württemberg	Branch museum of the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg and supra-regional Limes information center; Finds from the neighboring Osterburken Fort , preserved thermal baths under protective structures, reconstructed beneficiary consecration district
Schwarzenacker Roman Museum	Homburg-Schwarzenacker	Saarland	a vicus	S.
Roman Museum Stettfeld	Ubstadt pond	Baden-Württemberg	The museum shows a wide range of Roman glass and ceramic objects as well as sculptures made of sandstone and also illuminates the previous settlement history of the region.
Roman museum “Villa urbana”	Heitersheim	Baden-Württemberg	Villa urbana	S.
Weissenburg Roman Museum	Weissenburg	Bavaria	Weissenburg Castle , Biriciana
Roman villa in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	Rhineland-Palatinate	Roman villa	S.
Roman Villa Borg	Borg (Moselle)	Saarland	Villa Rustica	S.
Roman Museum Augsburg	augsburg	Bavaria	Finds from Augusta Vindelicorum
Roman Museum Haus Bürgel	Monheim am Rhein	North Rhine-Westphalia	Former Roman fort
Roman Museum Kempten	Kempten (Allgäu)	Bavaria	Finds from Cambodunum	S.
Roman Museum with Koengen Archaeological Park	Kings	Baden-Württemberg	Castle Köngen	M.
Roman-Germanic Museum	Cologne	North Rhine-Westphalia	Dionysus mosaic	S.
Roman-Germanic Central Museum	Mainz	Rhineland-Palatinate		M.
Saalburg Museum	Bad Homburg vor der Höhe	Hesse	Saalburg Castle	M.
Sumelocenna - Roman City Museum	Rottenburg am Neckar	Baden-Württemberg	Sumelocenna	S.
Terra Sigillata Museum	Rheinzabern	Rhineland-Palatinate	Terra Sigillata goods
Wetterau Museum	Friedberg	Hesse	Finds from the Wetterau , u. a. Kapersburg Castle	M.

Other countries

institution	place	country	Key exhibits and notes	in situ
Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum	South Shields	United Kingdom	Hadrian's Wall at Arbeia	M.
Carnuntum Archaeological Park / Museum Carnuntinum	Petronell-Carnuntum / Bad Deutsch-Altenburg	Austria	Carnuntum (military camp) / Carnuntum (civil town)	M.
Girolamo Rossi Archaeological Museum	Ventimiglia	Italy	Finds from Albintimilium
Canterbury Roman Museum	Canterbury	United Kingdom	Durovernum Cantiacorum: mosaics, virtual reconstructions	S.
Chesterholm Museum Vindolanda	Hexham	United Kingdom	Vindolanda
Chesters Fort and Museum	Hexham -Humshaugh	United Kingdom	Clayton Collection, Hadrian's Wall near Cilurnum	M.
Fishbourne Roman Palace	Fishbourne	United Kingdom	Villa Regis Cogidubni	S.
Gallo-Roman Museum Tongeren	Tongeren	Belgium
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman London's Amphitheater	London	United Kingdom	Londinium amphitheater	S.
Housesteads Roman Fort and Museum	Haydon Bridge	United Kingdom	Hadrian's Wall at Vercovicium	M.
Italica	Seville	Spain	amphitheater	S.
Jewry Wall Museum	Leicester	United Kingdom	Jewry Wall	S.
Vindonissa Legionnaires Trail	Windisch	Switzerland	Station path from the Contubernia to the amphitheater of Vindonissa	M, S
Musée départemental Arles antique	Arles	France	Collection of late Roman sarcophagi
Musei di Antichità Classiche	Rome	Vatican city	Part of the Vatican Museums (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Museo archeologico di Firenze , Roman collection	Florence	Italy	Idolino Pesaro, Torso di Livorno, Minerva des Arezzo
Museo della Civiltà Romana	Rome	Italy	Italo Gismondi's model of Rome
Museu monogràfic de Poŀlèntia	Alcúdia	Spain	shows finds from excavations in the ancient Roman city of Pollentia
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano (MNAR)	Merida	Spain
Museo Nazionale Romano	Rome	Italy	5 locations: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme , Aula Ottagona , Palazzo Altemps , Terme di Diocleziano , Crypta Balbi	S.
Museo Romano Astorga	Astorga	Spain
Museo Romano Brescia	Brescia	Italy
Museum Het Valkhof	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Finds from Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum and from the Hunnerberg
Lauriacum Museum	Enns	Austria	Roman finds from Lauriacum and the surrounding area
Museum cellar in the Hotel Derlon	Maastricht	Netherlands	Roman finds from the area	S.
Museu Nacional Arquelógic de Tarragona	Tarragona	Spain	Tarraco	S.
Bardo National Museum , Roman Department	Tunis	Tunisia	the world's most important collection of Roman mosaics
National Roman Legion Museum	Caerleon	United Kingdom	Isca Augusta Amphitheater	M.
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden	Suffer	Netherlands	National Museum of the Netherlands with an extensive collection of Roman finds
Roman Baths Museum	Bath	United Kingdom	Aquae Sulis	S.
Roman Museum on the Hoher Markt	Vienna -Inner City	Austria	Reconstruction of Vindobona , branch of the Wien Museum
Roman Museum Augst	Augst	Switzerland	Augusta Raurica , silver treasure from Kaiseraugst	S.
Roman Museum Bad Waltersdorf	Bad Waltersdorf	Austria	small Roman stone collection
Roman Museum Favianis - St. Severin	Mautern on the Danube	Austria	Focus on late antiquity ( St. Severin / Favianis )
Roman Museum in Marc-Aurel-Park	Tulln on the Danube	Austria	Focus on late antiquity ( St. Severin / Favianis )
Teurnia Roman Museum	Lendorf / St. Peter in wood	Austria	Teurnia , branch of the Carinthian State Museum	S.
Wallsee-Sindelburg Roman Museum	Wallsee-Sindelburg	Austria	Finds from Fort Wallsee and the surrounding area, as well as Burgus Sommerau
Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths and Museum	Wallsend	United Kingdom	Hadrian's Wall at Segedunum	M.
Temple museum	Frauenberg	Austria	Flavia Solva	S.
Heerlen thermal bath museum	Heerlen	Netherlands	Best preserved thermal baths in the Netherlands; Finds from Coriovallum	S.
Verulamium Museum	St Albans	United Kingdom	Teatrum and Hypocaust of Verulamium	S.
Vindonissa Museum	Brugg	Switzerland	Vindonissa	S.

Last column: Open-air museums and exhibits in situ: M = military installation, S = civil settlement, Z = other; without entry = pure artifact collections

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See also

• List of ancient sites
• Roman villages in the Danube and Alpine regions
• Category: Roman city
• List of Villae rusticae with numerous open-air museums and other accessible archaeological sites
• ^at Austria Romana , list of castles in Austria
• ^it Category: Art museum in Italy which, unless there are special museums, have important Roman collections
• ^gb Category: Archaeological site in England

Web links

• VBI ERAT LVPA - In the footsteps of the she-wolf (EU-funded database of the Research Society of Vienna City Archeology)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arbeia Roman Fort & Museum , Tyne & Wear Museums
2. ↑ en: Arbeia , Arbeia. In: Roman-Britain.org. Retrieved July 28, 2009 . 
3. ↑ Canterbury Roman Museum ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , canterbury.co.uk 
4. ↑ Vindolanda Museum , vindolanda.com
5. ^ Chesters Roman Fort (Hadrian's Wall) , english-heritage.org.uk
6. ^ Cilurnum. (No longer available online.) In: Roman-Britain.org. Archived from the original on February 6, 2007 ; accessed on July 28, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman London's Amphitheater ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , cityoflondon.gov.uk, en: Guildhall Art Gallery 
8. ^ Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall , english-heritage.org.uk
9. ↑ en: Vercovicium , Vercovicium. (No longer available online.) In: Roman-Britain.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007 ; accessed on July 28, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Jewry Wall Museum ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , leicester.gov.uk 
11. ↑ museoarteromano.mcu.es Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
12. ↑ Museo Romano ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ayuntamientodeastorga.com 
13. ↑ Museo Romano  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , comune.brescia.it  
14. ↑ museum-lauriacum.at
15. ↑ Museumskeller in Derlon
16. ^ National Roman Legion Museum , National Museum Wales, museumwales.ac.uk
17. ^ Roman Baths Museum
18. ↑ Roman Museum on Hohen Markt , wien.info
19. ↑ Vindobona - Roman Museum , limes.co.at
20. ↑ Römermuseum Mautern ( Memento of the original dated February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , roemerhalle.at 
21. ↑ Roman Museum , tulln.at
22. ↑ Roman Museum Teurnia / St. Peter in Holz ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , landesmuseum-ktn.at 
23. ^ Römermuseum, Wallsee , Volkskultur Niederösterreich
24. ^ Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum , Tyne & Wear Museums
25. ↑ Segedunum. (No longer available online.) In: Roman-Britain.org. Archived from the original on June 23, 2009 ; accessed on July 28, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
26. ↑ Thermenmuseum
27. ^ Friederike Harl: Lupa - regional information. (No longer available online.) In: VBI ERAT LVPA. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010 ; accessed on July 28, 2009 (database of short texts and images on museums and sites with Roman stone monuments). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
28. ↑ Michael Klein, Günther Weinlinger: museums with Roman material found at the Limes in Austria. In: limes.co.at. 7reasons media agency, accessed July 28, 2009 . 
29. ↑ Museums. (No longer available online.) In: IVVAVVM - Römersteine ​​in the Bavarian-Austrian border area. CHC - Working Group for Cultural Heritage Computing, University of Salzburg, archived from the original on July 9, 2009 ; accessed on July 28, 2009 (various museums with Roman collections). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
30. ^ Jürgen Franssen: Archeology in the network VII. Museums. In: Novaesium, alias Neuss. Retrieved July 28, 2009 . 
31. ^ Roman Museums in the UK. In: britainsfinest.co.uk. Britain's Finest, accessed July 28, 2009 . 
32. ↑ See also: Roman (search mask). In: English Heritage. Retrieved July 28, 2009 . Tabula Geographia Britanniarum (Romano-British Geography). (No longer available online.) In: Roman-Britain.org. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009 ; accessed on July 28, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.