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Address:
Nordre Ringgade, 1, DK-8000 Århus C, (Note: The Museum of Ancient Art is located in the main building of the University of Aarhus, next to the State and University Library. )
Opening Hours:
Mo & Thursday from 12-16
and by appointment.
Contact:
Vinnie Nørskov
klavn@hum.au.dk
Phone: +4589422299
Fax: +4589191699
Additional information:
Entrance is free of charge.
Links:
Antikmuseet
University of Aarhus
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Description:
The Museum of Ancient Art is located in the main building of the University of Aarhus, next to the State and University Library. It is entered from Nordre Ringgade, where signs lead to the Department of Classical Archaeology, which houses the collection.
The contains about 4000 antiquities, one of the most important coin collections in Scandinavia and more than 500 casts. Objects from Greece and Italy constitute the main part of the objects, but the museum also has objects from the Near East and Egypt.
The top floor of the museum exhibits casts and original objects from Ancient Greece of the Archaic and Classical period, c. 600-323 BC. The exhibition gives an overview of the stylistic development of sculpture, pottery and architecture in this important period of Greek Culture.
The bottom floor of the museum exhibits objects from the Hellenistic period and the Roman Empireand illustrates city life in the world of the kings and emperors. It also contains an Etruscan and an Egyptian exhibition.
Further Reading:
Hvad fandt vi? En gravedagbog fra Institut for Klassisk Arkæologi, Aarhus Universitet. Forlaget Sfinx 1999. 200 DKK.
Det hellige land, ed. Pia Guldager Bilde and Pernille Carstens, Aarhus 1998. 50 DKK.
Antikken i nyt lys. Olielamper og andre lyskilder fra Middelhavslandenes oldtid, ed. Pia Guldager Bilde and John Lund, Aarhus 1997. 20 DKK.
Tanagra, J.F, Willumsen og hans antiksamling, ed. Pia Guldager Bilde and Leila Krog, Aarhus 1996. 50 DKK
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