Museum of European Culture

The Museum of European Culture, established in 1911 on the fourth floor of Lincoln Hall, was one of the first two modern campus museums, along with the Museum of Classical Archeology and Art. It merged with the Oriental Museum in 1929, and with the Museum of Classical Archeology and Art in 1954. The holdings of the collection are now part of the Spurlock Museum. [1] By 1935, the Museum of European Culture included: [2]

A wide range of original materials and reproductions, among which the following are of special interest: casts of Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance sculpture; color reproductions of paintings; medieval manuscripts, early printed books, and early maps of the World; arms and armor; relics of the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age; theatre models and prints of theatres and actors; peasant costumes and other textiles of many countries; ship models; early wood and ivory carving, and metal work; carbon prints of cathedrals; coins; runic inscriptions; early musical instruments; [and] rare china-ware