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The Museum is temporarily closed to the public until 21 November 2025 inclusive as the frames are replaced. 

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Project « Domestic deities in the Roman Empire »

Mariemont’s Roman antiquities collection includes a large number of bronze statuettes of deities. Spread over all four corners of the Empire, these objects could be found in small private sanctuaries in Roman homes. 

The aim of this project is to study these religious figurines, identifying parallel objects whose date and origin have both been clearly identified. This enables us to recontextualise the pieces of the collection with no known provenance, to retrace their journey through the Roman world and to explore the practices and gestures of Roman domestic worship.
 

Research projects:

Greek and Roman Antiquities

Researcher

Page de Nicolas Amoroso Nicolas Amoroso

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Scientific team

Each curator is responsible for one of the museum sections (Egyptian & Near Eastern Antiquities, Greek & Roman Antiquities, Regional & Estate Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Non-European Arts, Regional & Estate History), its preservation and development. They also create the content for the Museum’s permanent and temporary exhibitions in their own specific field.

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