What you'll hear inside National Museum of Roman Art:

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  Central Nave with Round Arches

  The central nave of the National Museum of Roman Art is a monumental space defined by nine semi-circular arches that precisely replicate the scale of Mérida's preserved Arch of Trajanus.

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  Ground Floor – Public Performance Buildings

  Rooms I, II and III on the ground floor of the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano are dedicated to the public entertainment buildings of Augusta Emerita: the theatre, amphitheatre and circus.

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  Ground Floor - Roman Religion

  The ground floor rooms IV and V of the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano are devoted to Roman religion, displaying heads, busts and statues of the various deities worshipped in Augusta Emerita.

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  First Floor – Ceramics, Numismatics and Crafts

  The first floor of the National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida houses an impressive collection of small-scale Roman artefacts.

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  Second Floor – Portraits from the Emeritan School

  The second floor of the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano showcases one of the museum's finest collections: a remarkable assemblage of private portraits from the Emeritense school, housed in rooms V and…

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  Room of the Charioteer Mosaic

  The Sala del Mosaico de los Aurigas houses one of the museum's finest mosaics—an impressive 4.95-metre-high by 5.65-metre-wide floor dating to the 4th century AD.

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  Hall of Theodosius's Missorium

  The Sala del Missorium de Teodosio occupies the second floor of the museum and displays a replica of the celebrated Missorium, or Disc of Theodosius I.

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  Assembly Hall (2026 Extension)

  The auditorium in the National Museum of Roman Art forms a key addition to the expansion opened in February 2026, designed by Rafael Moneo four decades after his original building.

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  Temporary Exhibitions Hall (2026 Extension)

  The temporary exhibitions gallery forms part of the National Museum of Roman Art's expansion, which opened on 4 February 2026.

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  Archaeological Crypt of the Museum

  Roman remains in situ beneath Moneo's building: roads, houses, a necropolis and wall paintings.