Dionysus Mosaic

The "Dionysus Mosaic," still in its original place. It was excavated here in 1941 and the museum was built around the mosaic that would be its star exhibit. The finest work of its kind in northern Europe, the mosaic adorned the dining room of a Roman villa of about 200 AD. The mosaic is made of over a million pieces of limestone, ceramics and glass, covering an area of some 70 square meters. It depicts a drunken Dionysus, god of wine, surrounded by Cupid, Pan, dancers, satrys and vignettes of the delights of the table. Its incredible state of preservation is due to the protective covering it received from the burned-out remains of the villa falling on it when sacked by a Germanic tribe in the 4th century. 

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