History
of the Collections
The
Museum of Ancient Art was founded by Professor P. J. Riis in 1949 as a study
collection for the Department of Classical Archaeology at the University of
Aarhus. The core of the collection was 500 representative finds from the
classical cultures of the Mediterranean countries, permanently loaned to the
collection by the National Museum in Copenhagen. In addition to this were a
number of plaster casts of classical sculptures from the former Aarhus Museum.
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Over
the years the collection has grown steadily, and in 1971, on the
initiative of Professor Kristian Jeppesen, a new exhibition area was
inaugurated under Solgården.
Since 1971, the museum has grown dramatically, in part through purchases,
gifts and permanent loans. The new physical surroundings and the many new
acquisitions have created a museum that is not only suitable as a study
collection, but that is also useful to upper secondary school classes,
artists and those with a general interest in ancient art.
As a result of this, the
collection changed its name to the Museum of Ancient Art in 1986.
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Catalogues from previous special exhibitions:
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Hvad fandt vi? En gravedagbog fra Institut for
Klassisk Arkæologi, Aarhus Universitet. Forlaget Sfinx 1999. 200
DKK.
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Det hellige land, ed. Pia Guldager Bilde and
Pernille Carstens, Aarhus 1998. 50 DKK.
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Antikken i nyt lys. Olielamper og andre lyskilder
fra Middelhavslandenes oldtid, ed. Pia Guldager Bilde and John Lund, Aarhus 1997. 20 DKK.
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Tanagra, J.F, Willumsen og hans antiksamling, ed. Pia Guldager Bilde and Leila Krog, Aarhus 1996. 50 DKK.
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