Mithras exhibition
20.11.2021 – 17.04.2022
The Royal Museum of Mariemont
Belgium’s Royal Museum of Mariemont is the guardian of a unique 45 ha estate and collection of arts and antiquities, bequeathed to the State of Belgium almost a century ago by Belgian industrialist Raoul Warocqué (1870-1917). It is an exceptional place of dialogue between art and history, past and present, culture and nature. Today a scientific establishment of the French Community of Belgium, the Museum continues the work of its founder by researching and developing the collections and ensuring their access and visibility through pioneering exhibitions, scientific exchange, and cultural mediation. The Museum actively participates in European cooperation projects in order to enhance its mission of conservation, research and dissemination, and to contribute to the European Union’ strategy for culture through the mobility of works end expertise, innovation in research and methodologies, generation of knowledge and the development of audiences.
Mithras exhibition
14.05.2022 – 30.10.2022
The Saint-Raymond Museum in Toulouse
The Saint-Raymond Museum, Toulouse’s archaeology museum, opened in 1892 and is located in a 16th century historical monument near the Saint-Sernin basilica. Archaeological excavations on the site have revealed many remains and some of them have been preserved in the basement of the museum, making it both an exhibition space and an archaeological site. Visitors can see an early-Christian necropolis, developed from the 4th century near the tomb of the martyred bishop Saturnin, a lime kiln, used between 370 and 460 to build the early basilica and the remains of buildings built on the former burial site in the Middle Ages, such as the 11th-century hospital founded by Raymond Gayrard, whose name remains attached to the site up to the present building.
Through archaeology, the collections illustrate the history of the Toulouse area, from the Gallic and Roman periods to the Visigothic Tolosa. The museum is known for its collection of sculptures, most of which come from the Roman villa of Chiragan, linked to the imperial power, which delivered numerous busts of emperors and official figures, Roman period replicas of masterpieces of Greek art, as well as an astonishing set representing the cycle of the works of Hercules.
Keeping a watchful eye on archaeological news, the museum pursues a voluntary policy of access to its collections, through the production and opening of digital content and an ambitious visitor development policy.
Mithras exhibition
19.11.2022 – 15.04.2022
The Archaeological Museum of Frankfurt
The Archaeological Museum Frankfurt (AMF) presents, preserves, mediates and explores the archaeology and history of the city of Frankfurt and its surroundings from the Palaeolithic to the early modern period. The museum is part of the city archaeology of Frankfurt. Here the finds from the excavations of the monument office of the city of Frankfurt are inventoried, preserved and stored. Selected objects will be made available to the public in the permanent exhibition as well as in special exhibitions.
Among other things, the important regional and city-historical findings of the collection come from the large area excavations that have been carried out in the Roman city of NIDA (Frankfurt am Main-Heddernheim), the largest archaeological monument in the state of Hesse, for more than 100 years. In addition, the museum holds extensive collections of Classical Antiquity of the Mediterranean and the archaeology of the Ancient Near East.
