Wien - Schottenstift, Lapidarium (Mausoleum)

A lapidarium is a place where stone (Latin: ) monuments and fragments of archaeological interest are exhibited. They can include stone epigraphs; statues; architectural elements such as columns,

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...

s, and acroterions;

bas relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the ...

s, tombstones; and sarcophagi. Such collections are often displayed in the outdoor courtyards of archaeology museums and history museums. A lapidary museum could either be a lapidarium or – less often – a gem museum (e.g. the

Mineral and Lapidary Museum The Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County is a non-profit, Volunteering, volunteer-run museum in Hendersonville, North Carolina founded in 1997 at 400 North Main Street in the middle of the city's Historic District. Located in Western No ...

, North Carolina).

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Lapidarium A lapidarium is a place where stone (Latin: ) monuments and fragments of archaeological interest are exhibited. They can include stone epigraphy, epigraphs; statues; architectural elements such as columns, cornices, and acroterions; bas reliefs ...

(in the

National Museum A national museum is a museum maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In other countries a much greater numb ...

), Prague, Czechia * The

, Kerch, Crimea *

The Lapidarium of Kings The Lapidarium of Kings (''Kongernes Lapidarium'') is a lapidarium in Copenhagen, Denmark. It exhibits a royal collection of sculptures, natural stone figures and plaster models. The museum is situated in the 400 year old brewhouse of King Ch ...

, Copenhagen, Denmark * The (museum-lapidarium of Maffei), Verona, Italy * The Lapidary Museum, Avignon, France * The

Estense Lapidary Museum The Estense Lapidary Museum is a lapidarium-museum in Modena, Italy, located around the interior quadrangle of the ''Palazzo dei Musei's'' ground floor. It is owned by the province of Modena and the Gallerie Estensi. As the first public museum t ...

, Modena, Italy *

Split Archaeological Museum The Split Archaeological Museum is the oldest museum in Croatia when it was established in 1820 by a decree of the Dalmatian government in Zadar. Some 150,000 artifacts cover prehistoric times, the period of Greek colonization of the Adriatic, ...

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