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Tarragona.Museo.Arqueologico
The museum's main building.

The National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona (Catalan: Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona, MNAT) is a public museum located in the city of Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain) focusing on its rich historical heritage and ancient remains. It includes archaeological findings of Tarraco's Roman and Early Christian past, as well as a library. The museum's origins lay in the 19th century, making it the oldest of its kind in Catalonia, with some collections assembling objects found from the 16th century onwards, but with most discoveries having taken place in the last 150 years.

It is part of the Roman Europe network of museums.

Mosaic del triomf de Bacus
Mosaic del triomf de Bacus

Gallery

  • Mosaic de la Medusa2

    Mosaic of Medusa (Detail)

  • Pintura amb paó

    Mural Painting of a Peacock

  • Nero Julius Caesar

    Nero Julius Caesar, Son of Germanicus

  • Estàtua de Marc Aureli

    Portrait of Marcus Aurelius

  • Tarragona - Euterpe

    Euterpe

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Tarragona para niños

  • Archaeology Museum of Catalonia
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