Museum of Ancient Art
University museum in Aarhus on the art and cultural history of ancient Greece, Etruria and Rome.
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- Mon–Thu 12:00–16:00Fri–Sat closedSun 12:00–16:00
Hours checked September 30, 2026 · source antikmuseet.au.dk
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Until 15 Dec 2026
Clara Toksvig and Sara Mirkhani have created an exhibition for the Museum of Ancient Art that starts from the realisation that our idea of antiquity is based on centuries of mediation and reinterpretation of the many relics we have. It is white marble sculptures, columns from buildings and fragments of pottery that underlie ideas of a particular ancient aesthetic.
Etruskerne: Rejsen til dødsriget
The Etruscans lived in the area corresponding to modern-day Tuscany in Italy, from around 900 BCE until the area was gradually colonised by Rome in the last centuries BCE. Etruscan culture was highly developed and had many distinctive features that fascinate us today. The exhibition about the Etruscans takes…
Maya Peitersen
In her solo exhibition Synger duet med mig selv, visual artist Maya Peitersen takes as her starting point the Roman poet Ovid's tale of Narcissus and Echo. It is the story of unrequited love, where Narcissus is lost in his own reflection, and Echo, in her infatuation with Narcissus, slowly…
Halikarnassos
On 13 April 1966, Danish archaeologists put spade to ground for the first time in the Turkish city of Bodrum, ancient Halikarnassos. It was the beginning of the longest-running Danish archaeological expedition outside the country's borders to date. The then professor of classical archaeology at Aarhus University,…
Romerske forbindelser
The Roman Empire stretched across large parts of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The empire was bound together by a fine network of roads. Soldiers, merchants, slaves, farmers and pilgrims could travel along the roads to every corner of the empire with food, clothes, jewellery, glass and plates, either to sell or…
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Opening hours: Mon–Thu 12:00–16:00 · Fri–Sat closed · Sun 12:00–16:00.