Victoria University of Wellington Classics Museum

The Classics Museum, located on level 5 of the Old Kirk building, houses a small collection of Greek and Roman artefacts ranging in date from 2300 BCE to the 8th Century CE.

The collection consists of a wide range of objects including pottery from the Archaic Period, Etruscan sculpture and pottery, Bronze Age pottery and sculpture and many objects from the Roman period. We also have a wide range of Greek and Roman coins on display. The main purpose of our collection is to support teaching and learning in the Classics programme at the University and also to provide this to the wider community as well.

Some have been purchased by the Classics programme, while others are on loan from the British Museum, National Museum of Athens or private owners.

Also on display in the Museum is the David Carson-Parker collection. The David Carson-Parker collection was donated to Victoria University of Wellington’s Classics Museum in 2015 by Jeremy Commons, whose late partner David Carson-Parker brought them to New Zealand from Syria in the 1970s.

The collection consists of 70 ancient artefacts including glassware and pottery mostly from the Mediterranean, dating from the seventh century BCE to the sixth century CE.

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