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Romano-Germanic Musuem Cologne http://www.museenkoeln.de/roemisch-germanisches-museum/

Ticket in hand I grabbed a muffin for breakfast and went to the Romano-Germanic Musuem which is on the other side of the Dom from the train station. One nice thing about Germany is that almost none of the museums prohibit photos, just no flash which is fine since I never use flash anyway.

The Romans built their first settlements here in the 1st Century CE. Wikipedia has great info on everything if you want to know more about the history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia...Agrippinensium

The museum seems rather small, but has a big collection, mainly of items found in Cologne or nearby. There are a few big mosaics including one that was found under the museum called the Dionysus Mosaic. Lots of glass. It’s amazing that so much glassware has survived close to 2000 years. Apparently the Rhine region was a big glass producer. In addition to the Roman artifacts that have a collection of prehistoric items, mainly things like spearheads. And they have a nice collection of Frankish items. The Franks came after the Romans in this part of the world. Overall the museum has a great collection and is one of the “musts” for this type of trip.





Dionysus Mosaic








old Roman keys










The Romans used to erect these monuments to themselves while they were still alive. This guy was some sort of former officer in the Roman legions who basically retired in this area.


Belt buckles




“Philosophers’ Mosaic”


Not sure if these were supposed to be some sort of fertility rite objects or symbols or what their purpose was.