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National Museum of Roman Art

Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
Façade of the Museum
Former name	Museo Arqueológico de Mérida
Established	26 March 1838 (1838-03-26)
Location	Mérida, Spain
Coordinates	38°55′2.302″N 6°20′23.500″W / 38.91730611°N 6.33986111°W / 38.91730611; -6.33986111
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	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 Cultural Heritage
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 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. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.

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.

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. 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
• 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

1. "Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida". UNESCO.
2. 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.
3. "El Museo Nacional de Arte Romano de Mérida cumple 30 años". Hoy. 22 September 2016.
4. ^ "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

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

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