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The World’s 100 Best Museums

Museo Nacional de Arte Romano

Mérida, Spain

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST MUSEUMS WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 100 2026
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano

Museum of Roman sculpture, mosaics, inscriptions and household objects from Augusta Emerita, the Roman city under Mérida. Rafael Moneo's building is a tall nave of red-brick arches lit from above, with a crypt below.

Highlights

  • Roman mosaics
  • Moneo's brick-arched nave
  • Crypt

Good to know

  • Entry €3; free for some visitors
  • Allow at least a morning

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