ANU Classics Museum …

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despite all the years I worked for ANU, I never once visited the Classics Museum.
Well, today I did –  it’s a nice but small collection of Greek and Roman pottery, some rather nice Roman glass, the inevitable selection of coins, as well as a couple of later Roman grave markers, some statuary and a few papyrus fragments and a nice bit of Coptic textile.
Very much a cabinet of curiosities rather then a full blown museum, but nevertheless, if you are in Canberra somewhere near ANU, it is worth twenty minutes or so for a short visit …

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Former IT professional, previously a digital archiving and repository person, ex research psychologist, blogger, twitterer, and amateur classical medieval and nineteenth century historian ...
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