Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Museum of Classical Archaeology (aka the "Ark"[1]) is a museum run by the Faculty of Classics of the University of Cambridge, England. It is located on the Sidgwick Site of the University, north of Sidgwick Avenue.
The museum is one of the few surviving collections of plaster casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture in the world. The collection consists of several hundred casts. It is housed in a purpose-built gallery on the first floor of the University's Faculty of Classics.
The museum is open to the public Monday to Friday: 10.00am to 5.00pm and on Saturdays in University term time: 10.00am to 1.00pm.
References [edit]
External links [edit]
Coordinates: 52°12′02″N 0°06′37″E / 52.200632°N 0.110280°E
 |
This article related to a museum in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about a Cambridgeshire building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Museums of the University of Cambridge
- Sculpture galleries
- Art museums and galleries in Cambridgeshire
- Collections of classical sculpture
- Museums in Cambridge
- Archaeological museums in England
- Museums of Ancient Rome in the United Kingdom
- Museums of Ancient Greece
- United Kingdom museum stubs
- East of England building and structure stubs
