National Museum of Roman Art

Archaeology museum in Mérida, Spain

38°55′2.302″N 6°20′23.500″W / 38.91730611°N 6.33986111°W / 38.91730611; -6.33986111TypeArchaeology museumCollectionsRoman artCollection size37,000Visitors239,798 (2017)DirectorTrinidad Nogales BasarrateArchitectRafael MoneoOwnerGeneral State AdministrationWebsitehttp://museoarteromano.mcu.es

UNESCO World Heritage Site

TypeCulturalCriteriaiii, ivDesignated1993 (17th session)Part ofArchaeological Ensemble of MéridaReference no.664-017RegionEurope and North America

Spanish Cultural Heritage

TypeNon-movableCriteriaMonumentDesignated1 March 1962Reference 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

Roman road
Augusta Emerita scale model
Upper level corridor
Roman statues and reliefs
Roman Amphoras
Las Tiendas mosaic

Main Hall
Seated Ceres (1st century AD)
Lutatia Lupata Stele
Mercury
Augustus as Pontifex maximus
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.

External links

National Museum of Roman Art within Google Arts & Culture
Media related to Museo Nacional de Arte Romano at Wikimedia Commons

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v t e Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
UNESCO World Heritage Site
664-001: Los Milagros Aqueduct 664-002: San Lázaro Aqueduct 664-003: Alcantarilla Bridge 664-004: Guadiana River Dam, Roman Bridge over Guadiana River, Alcazaba 664-005: Roman Theatre, Amphitheatre, the Amphitheatre House 664-006: Trajan's Arch, Concordia Temple 664-007: Sta. Catalina Basilica 664-008: Casa Herrera Basilica 664-009: Sta. Eulalia Basilica: Interpretation Centre, Temple of Mars 664-010: The Roman Circus 664-011: The Mithraeum House - The Columbaria Funerary Area 664-012: Church of Sta. Clara and Visigothic Art Collection 664-013: Cornalvo Dam 664-014: Proserpina Dam 664-015: Local Forum 664-016: Roman Wall and Albarrana Islamic Tower 664-017: National Museum of Roman Art 664-018: Sta. Eulalia Obelisk 664-019: Roman Bridge over Albarregas River 664-020: Temple of Diana 664-021: Thermal Baths at Reyes Huertas St. 664-022: Thermal Baths at Alange

v t e Rafael Moneo
Projects	National Museum of Roman Art (1986) Madrid Atocha railway station remodeling and extension (1992) Palace of Villahermosa transformation into Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (1992) Seville Airport main terminal (1992) Davis Museum at Wellesley College (1993) Moderna Museet and Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design complex (1997) L'Auditori (1999) Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium (1999) Audrey Jones Beck Building (2000) Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (2002) Valladolid Science Museum (2003) Prado Museum extension (2007) Rhode Island School of Design Museum Chace Center (2008) Princeton Neuroscience Institute Scully Hall (2013)

Rafael Moneo

Projects