What’s On . . . Exhibitions in The Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum in Berlin will host from August 7 through January 13, 2013 an exhibition entitled Olympia: Mythos, Culture and Games. Over 1,000 exhibits will be presented at the Museum coming from the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, the Monetary Museum of Athens, the Antiquities collection belonging to state museums of Berlin, the Vatican Museum, the Archaeological Museum of Rome, the Louvre Museum and the archaeological collections of Dresden and Munich. Link: http://www.museumsportal-berlin.de/en/museums/ museum-details/martin-gropius-bau.html
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The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in cooperation with the Directorate for Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, is hosting temporary exhibition entitled: Trafficking Of Antquities: Stop It. Illicit trafficking of antiquities is a scourge as illicit excavations and theft of cultural goods are constantly rising. The vast majority of the exhibits on display are products of illicit trafficking. the Aristotle University excavation programme at Vergina, the 17th EPCA, the 16th EPCA and the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities also participated in this exhibition by lending ancient artefacts and archival material. The exhibition will run until 30 September 2012. Link: http://www.amth.gr/index.php/en/ The Novium Museum containing the remains of a Roman bath house has opened in Chichester, West Sussex. The museum also contains a mosaic from a nearby Roman fort. The baths were excavated in the 1970s and were then covered by a car park. Archaeologists also found remains of a pub and a school. The museum sits on a series of piles, so the remains underneath will not be damaged by the building. Link: http://www.thenovium.org/
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