Temporary exhibitions

All temporary exhibitions

God on earth: Emperor Domitian

until Sunday 22 May 2022

International exhibition about an extraordinary Roman emperor

Magnificent and Meticulous

until Sunday 4 September 2022

Highlights from the collection of cut stones

Yemen

until Sunday 10 April 2022

Ten photographs of Yemen before the civil war broke out

5000 years of beads

Tuesday 25 January 2022 until
Sunday 7 May 2023

Small exhibition with hundreds of necklaces and beads

EXPECTED: We Were Kings

Friday 7 April 2023 until
Sunday 27 August 2023

About ancient Egypt in music and artists with African roots

Permanent exhibitions

All permanent exhibitions

Classical World

The multi-faceted world of Ancient Greece, Etruria, and the Roman Empire.

The Netherlands in Roman Times

Romans and local peoples meet each other along the Limes

Archaeology of the Netherlands

300,000 years of Dutch archaeological history

Archaeology from your back garden

Finds from over 350 Dutch municipalities

The Dutch and the ancient Near East

Stunning stories about a remarkable collection

Light show

Spectacular display on the museums 200-year history

Egypt

World-renowned collection with mummies and mummy cases

Highlighted

Now on display: Emperor Domitian

Domitian was emperor of the vast Roman Empire, from AD 81 to 96. This major exhibition features a fine selection of masterpieces from the first century AD, the heyday of the Roman Empire. You will see portraits and statues of emperor Domitian, fragments of murals and mosaics, jewellery made of gold and gemstones, luxury glassware and dinner services, and funerary monuments of the élite. Projections and 3D reconstructions give a picture of life of the city of Rome as it looked in the first century AD, with its spectacular new monuments. On display until 22 May 2022.

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