National Museum of Roman Art

National Museum of Roman Art

Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
File:MNAR (Mérida) Exterior 01.jpg Facade of the National Museum of Roman Art
Former name	Museo Arqueológico de Mérida
Established	26 March 1838 (1838-03-26)
Location	Mérida, Spain
Coordinates
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
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, iv
Designated	1993 (17th session)
Part of	Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
Reference no.	664-017
Region	Europe and North America
Spanish Property of Cultural Interest
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.

History

An archaeology museum in Mérida was created for the first time through a royal order issued on 26 March 1838. On the occasion of the two thousandth anniversary of the city's foundation, the museum was refounded as the National Museum of Roman Art in 1975. The current building is a work by Spanish architect Rafael Moneo. Building works started in 1981. The new premises were unveiled on 19 September 1986.

Gallery

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

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

External links

• National Museum of Roman Art within Google Arts & Culture
• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons