INTRODUCING THE NEW ROME GALLERIES

With Dr Paul Roberts

Sat 19 Jul 2025, 11am–12pm
At the Museum and Online
Create and Transform season 2025 icon

This talk takes place in-person at the Museum in the Headley Lecture Theatre and via Zoom online

Part of the July Festival of Archaeology

Tickets are £8 each. Book your ticket below

With Dr Paul Roberts, Research Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean

In this talk you will take a look through the newly-redisplayed galleries of 'Early Italy' and 'Rome and the Roman Empire' at the Ashmolean Museum with curator Dr Paul Roberts.

These galleries were already full of wonderful things, but with new displays, new thoughts – and new lighting – they will shine even brighter, like these treasures below.

 
Entrance displays of busts and marble reliefs inside the new Rome galleries
Renovated Woman of Palymyra Roman bust showing Eastern influences
Inside the newly designed Italy and Etruscans gallery

Displays inside the new Rome galleries

 

The Ashmmolean's revamped Rome galleries have just re-opened, following major renovation work since last autumn.

This talk is part of our Create & Transform season of events. It also marks our summer Festival of Archaeology.

NB There is also an afternoon gallery talk on 19 Jul at 2-3pm: The Roman 'statue habit' talk with Dr Alison Pollard

BOOKING

The event takes place in-person at the Museum, and online via Zoom.

Tickets are £8 each.

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If you have any questions, please email us at publicprogrammes@ashmus.ox.ac.uk