This summer, plunge into the Domus do Mitreo Museum
How many films from the 80s and 90s that were set in the future already feel outdated? They predicted that humankind would live in a world with a very cyberpunk aesthetic and drive flying cars by 2019, and that we would be fighting alien invaders by 2020… Now, more than halfway into 2021, do you think it is possible that, in a few years’ time, each and every one of us will have an exhibition displaying the highlights and our lives and our most proud achievements?
At Campus Terra, part of this dream has come true, and you can see it for yourself at the Domus do Mitreo Museum, the Museum of the USC in Lugo. Traveling through time to discover what life in the domus was like and learn more about the Mithraic banquet is now possible, thanks to the remodeling and expansion of its exhibition hall.
The new exhibition on the Roman world —which also covers some later periods— features never-before-seen remains found beneath the museum. The exhibition is educational and easy to follow —without neglecting scientific rigour, of course—, so don’t worry if you don’t know much about these periods of history!
In order for anyone —whatever their age, education level or culture— to leave with a general idea of the past of the Domus, the elements are displayed in a way that avoids accumulation and aims to contextualise them. In this way, the exhibit is a chronological journey through the history of Lugo that is divided into two parts.
In the first room, dedicated to the domus, visitors can imagine what daily life was like during this period, through objects such as the remains of glass square bottles with decorated bottoms or cut bones that were used to make needles. On the other hand, the second one, dedicated to the Mithraeum, offers a richness of unique fragments of glass, such as a small white cup with Mithraic motifs. In addition, for the first time, the space features the second Roman inscription found and associated with the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which was the first.
Thanks to the collaboration with Castro de Viladonga Museum, the exhibition of these recovered pieces allows Roman history to be part of our present. Remember: the summer months were made to dive into something new!