08-11-2010, 12:23 AM
This may help. 
[url:2kvpkwxv]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_with_major_collections_of_Greek_and_Roman_antiquities[/url]
1. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
106,000 objects [1] (Misleading collection, includes many objects from ancient settlements on the Northern Black Sea coast)
2. British Museum, London, UK
100,000 objects [2]
3. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece
100,000 objects [3]
4. Antikensammlung Berlin, (Held at the Altes Museum and Pergamon Museum), Berlin, Germany
60,000 objects [4] [5] [6]
5. Istanbul Archaeology Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
53,000 objects [7] (Misleading Collection. Total collection size: 1 million objects of which 800,000 coins, 75,000 books, 75,000 Ancient Neat East cunieform tablets, 2000 enamels and various Ancient Near Eastern objects)
6. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
45,000 objects [1]
7. Getty Villa, Malibu, USA
44,000 objects [8]
8. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
35,000 objects [9]
9. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Pennsylvania, USA
30,000 objects [10]
10. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
18,000 objects [11] (Misleading collection, includes Nubian and Ancient Near East collections)
I always have trouble finding museums and their contents online. Some of these links give the "Official" sites of the museums.
Feel free to add any that are left out that you know of.Thanks!
[url:2kvpkwxv]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_with_major_collections_of_Greek_and_Roman_antiquities[/url]
1. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
106,000 objects [1] (Misleading collection, includes many objects from ancient settlements on the Northern Black Sea coast)
2. British Museum, London, UK
100,000 objects [2]
3. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece
100,000 objects [3]
4. Antikensammlung Berlin, (Held at the Altes Museum and Pergamon Museum), Berlin, Germany
60,000 objects [4] [5] [6]
5. Istanbul Archaeology Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
53,000 objects [7] (Misleading Collection. Total collection size: 1 million objects of which 800,000 coins, 75,000 books, 75,000 Ancient Neat East cunieform tablets, 2000 enamels and various Ancient Near Eastern objects)
6. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
45,000 objects [1]
7. Getty Villa, Malibu, USA
44,000 objects [8]
8. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
35,000 objects [9]
9. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Pennsylvania, USA
30,000 objects [10]
10. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
18,000 objects [11] (Misleading collection, includes Nubian and Ancient Near East collections)
I always have trouble finding museums and their contents online. Some of these links give the "Official" sites of the museums.
Feel free to add any that are left out that you know of.Thanks!
Craig Bellofatto
Going to college for Massage Therapy. So reading alot of Latin Terminology
It is like a finger pointing to the moon. DON\'T concentrate on the finger or you miss all the heavenly glory before you!-Bruce Lee
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Going to college for Massage Therapy. So reading alot of Latin Terminology
It is like a finger pointing to the moon. DON\'T concentrate on the finger or you miss all the heavenly glory before you!-Bruce Lee
Train easy; the fight is hard. Train hard; the fight is easy.- Thai Proverb
