The Aquincum Museum is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that Preservation (library and archival science), cares for and displays a collection (artwork), collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, culture, cultu ...

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...

. It first opened in May

1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United St ...

. Archeological findings from the remains of

Aquincum Aquincum (, ) was an ancient city, situated on the northeastern borders of the province of Pannonia within the Roman Empire. The ruins of the city can be found today in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. It is believed that Marcus Aurelius w ...

are on display there. These include items from the local mithraeum. It has an indoor and outdoor part.

Paula Zsidi Paula Zsidi (born 1952) is a Hungarian archeologist, art historian, author, and museologist. She served as the museum director of Aquincum Museum in Budapest from 1989 until 2015. Zsidi has published over 170 articles, exhibition catalogues, an ...

served as the museum director from 1989 until 2015.

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* Museums in Budapest Archaeological museums Museums of ancient Rome in Hungary Museums established in 1894 1894 establishments in Hungary {{AncientRome-stub