Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge

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

1. ^ Museum of Classical Archaeology, University of Cambridge.

External links

• Museum of Classical Archaeology website

Coordinates: 52°12′02″N 0°06′37″E / 52.200632°N 0.110280°E / 52.200632; 0.110280

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