National Museum of Roman Art
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano | |
Former name | Museo Arqueológico de Mérida |
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Established | 26 March 1838 |
Location | Mérida, Spain |
Coordinates | 38°55′2.302″N 6°20′23.500″W / 38.91730611°N 6.33986111°W |
Type | Archaeology museum |
Collections | Roman art |
Collection size | 37,000 |
Visitors | 239,798 (2017) |
Director | Trinidad Nogales Basarrate |
Architect | Rafael Moneo |
Owner | General State Administration |
Website | http://museoarteromano.mcu.es |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | iii, iv |
Designated | 1993 (17th session) |
Part of | Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida |
Reference no. | 664-017 |
Region | Europe and North America |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 1 March 1962 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0001309 |
The National Museum of Roman Art (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Arte Romano; MNAR) is an archaeology museum located in Mérida, Spain. Devoted to Roman art, it exhibits extensive material from the archaeological ensemble of Mérida (the Roman colony of Augusta Emerita), one of the largest and most extensive archaeological sites in Spain, registered as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.[1]
History
An archaeology museum in Mérida was created for the first time through a royal order issued on 26 March 1838. A church building was repurposed to house the collections as part of the Ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal.[2]
In 1975, on the occasion of the two thousandth anniversary of the city's foundation, the museum was refounded as the National Museum of Roman Art.[3] The current building is a work by Spanish architect Rafael Moneo.[4] Building works started in 1981.[4] The new premises were unveiled on 19 September 1986.[4]
Gallery
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Roman road
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Augusta Emerita scale model
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Upper level corridor
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Roman statues and reliefs
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Roman Amphoras
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Las Tiendas mosaic
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Main Hall
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Seated Ceres (1st century AD)
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Lutatia Lupata Stele
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Man
References
- ^ "Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida". UNESCO.
- ^ Álvarez Martínez, José María; Nogales Basarrate, Trinidad (2017). "Los primeros tiempos del Museo Arqueológico de Mérida y su realidad actual" (PDF). Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 35. Madrid: Museo Arqueológico Nacional. ISSN 2341-3409.
- ^ "El Museo Nacional de Arte Romano de Mérida cumple 30 años". Hoy. 22 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "Museo Nacional de Arte Romano Treinta años proyectando Extremadura (1986-2016)". Hoy. 19 September 2016.
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