Museum Highlights

With more than 450 plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture on display, it can be hard to know where to start here at the Museum of Classical Archaeology – so why not check out one of our collection highlights below? They're firm favourites with visitors and students alike.

head of the sounion kouros, with long hair, decorative earring and broken nose, against a dark blue background

The Sounion Kouros

A colossal statue of a naked youth found outside the Temple of Posiedon at Cape Sounion, south of Athens.

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Figure of Apollo from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, with short hair and a bare chest, against a dark blue background

The pediments of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

The Temple of Zeus at Olympia was, briefly, the largest and most heavily decorated temple of its type. The gabled ends of the temple on both short sides were filled with sculptures.

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upper torso of Hercules, with extreme musculature, against a dark blue background

Farnese Hercules

The original of this huge statue of Hercules, his musculature over-the-top and exaggerated, once stood in Baths of Caracalla in Rome.

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If you want more inspiration, why not take home our highlights pack, or take a look at our collection videos and podcasts? You can also read about our painted Peplos Kore in a lot more detail.