Archaeology museum

An archaeology museum is a museum that specializes in the display of archaeological artifacts.

The archaeology museum at Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Ponce, Puerto Rico, displays archaeological artifacts dating over two millennia^[1]

Types

Many archaeology museum are in the open air, such as the Ancient Agora of Athens^[2] and the Roman Forum.^[3] Others display artifacts inside buildings, such as National Museum of Beirut and Cairo's Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. Still others, display artifacts both outside and inside, such as the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center. Some archaeology museums, such as the Western Australian Museum, may also exhibit maritime archaeological materials. These appear in its Shipwreck Galleries, a wing of the Maritime Museum. This last museum has also developed a 'museum-without-walls' through a series of underwater wreck trails.^[a] An outside museum was erected at an active archaeological dig site in Nyaung-gan cemetery in Myanmar.

See also

• Open-air museum
• International Council of Museums
• International Museum Day (18 May)
• List of museums
• .museum
• Museum education
• Museum fatigue
• Museum label
• Types of museums

Notes

1. See Museum on 22 January 2019. Please see the history of that page for full attribution.