Sculptures on display in the National Museum of Roman Art © Turespaña
Mosaic. National Museum of Roman Art ©Turespaña
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The museum offers a synthesis of life in one of the main colonies in Roman Hispania, Augusta Emerita, promoted after the supremacy of Lusitania, and which subsequently became the first effective capital of Hispania.
It houses numerous articles found at the archaeological site in Mérida, which has been awarded the World Heritage designation by the UNESCO. The National Museum of Roman Art is located in a building by Rafael Moneo that is a reference in contemporary museum architecture. With a display of emblematic items including Roman mosaics, sculptures, epigraphs and documents, it shows all aspects of the everyday life in a colony, Augusta Emerita, founded by Augustus after one of the episodes in the Cantabrian Wars, and which represents one of the great examples of the Romanisation process of Hispania.
The museum's collection is part of the collective catalogue of the Digital Network of Spanish Museum Collections (CERES), conceived as a space for dissemination which enables visitors to browse the various museum collections using the identifying features of each item (author, type of object, iconography, etc.).
Timetables
Apr 01 to Sep 30
Tuesday to Saturday
Does not close at midday
9:30 AM to 8:00 PM
Public holidays
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Closing days: Monday
Oct 01 to Mar 31
Tuesday to Saturday
Does not close at midday
9:30 AM to 6:30 PM
Public holidays
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Closing days: Monday
Rates
General: €3
Reduced: €1.50
ICOM members and associations: Free admission
Free admission
Sábados tarde, domingos mañana
Accessibility
Disabled toilets
Itinerary adapted for the disabled
Wheelchairs
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