The Archaeological Museum (Landesmuseum) near the Imperial Baths has the richest collection of Roman finds in Germany; it is so rich, in fact, that only a small part of the collection can be exhibited.

The museum displays magnificent mosaics such as a Roman chariot driver, an exquisite glass collection, the most valuable piece of which is the cage cup from nearby Piesport-Niederemmel, pagan and Christian finds, and, above all, one of the top Roman coin collections worldwide. Stone-age, Celtic, Merovingian, medieval and early modern artefacts and artwork round off the treasures of the museum.

The inner courtyard, used as a storage place for sarcophagi, columns, capitals, paving stones, and building blocks is in itself worth looking at, if only because of the painted replica of the 23 m (76 ft) Igel Column, a Roman burial monument about 8 km (5 miles) outside of Trier). On the inside, the series of burial monuments then displays patches of original Roman paint on scenes of everyday life in Roman times (school, hunting, hairdressing, feasting, dancing, rent collecting).

Open:
May- October: Monday - Friday 9.30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and holidays 10.30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
November - April: Tuesday - friday 9.30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and holidays 10.30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Monday closed

Cost: Adults: € 5.50, children: € 1.50


Further information:
Weimarer Allee 1
D-54290 Trier
Germany
Tel.: +49 651 97740