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Ancient & Classical · Gallery 1–2Attic Vessels in Black and Red
Two thousand years of everyday beauty — the cups, portraits, and carvings of Greece and Rome.
Stories Fired in Clay
Our classical halls hold over 900 objects, anchored by Athenian black- and red-figure vessels painted with athletes, gods, and feasts. Around them stand marble portraits with unforgettable faces, delicate glass, and the small bronze things Romans carried in their pockets.
Every label tells you not just what an object is, but whose hands made it and whose table it graced.
- Objects900+ across two galleries
- Span800 BCE – 400 CE
- Don't missThe wrestlers' amphora
- ToursDaily at 11 AM, free
Begin With These Three
The Wrestlers' Amphora
A red-figure prize vessel showing a bout in mid-grapple — our most photographed object, and our oldest athlete.
The Marble Senator
A life-size portrait whose carved frown has softened over two millennia into something like patience.
Glass From the Bay
Paper-thin Roman drinking cups in sea-green glass, still impossibly light in the hand of history.