The Archaeological Museum in Thessaloniki and its twin, the Byzantine Museum, are among the finest museums in the world. It is easy to spend a day over there, and fortunately, these quiet museums are open until eight o’ clock in…
Thessaloniki´s Museum of Byzantine culture, which is close to the Archaeological Museum, covers Late Antiquity, including trade and crafts, and religious art of the Middle Ages and more recent times. It was certainly interesting to see objects from Philippi and…
Finds from the nearby excavations of the Roman city of Thamugadi: some splendid mosaics and many objects from everyday life.
There are 6 items in Timgad, Museum:
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Archaeological collection of western Romania in the Huniade castle. Finds from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages.
There are 2 items in Timișoara, Museum of Banat:
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Situated next to an Ottoman/Italian fort and named after a local tribe, this small museum has a collection of objects from the nearby excavations of ancient Taucheira/Arsinoe. When we visited the museum, the Byzantine room was closed.
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Press conferences are always terrible, but press conferences in museums exceptionally so. The only way to survive them is to play buzzword bingo: the architect will of course speak about his “concept”, the designer mentions “my art”, the director is…
The Teseum is next to the basilica of Our Lady of Tongeren. From here, there is access to the excavations underneath the church, where you will find the remains of a Roman bathhouse and a late ancient basilica, perhaps built…