The Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Trier is one of the most important archaeological museums in Germany, documenting 200,000 years of the history and cultural development of the region from ancient times through to the end of the 18th century.
In an area covering 3,500 square metres, the museum exhibits some 4,500 items, including the largest collection of mosaics north of the Alps, the gigantic grave monuments from Neumagen, reconstructions of everyday scenes and the largest collection of Roman gold coins in the world, made up of more than 2,600 gold coins weighing in at 18.5 kg. In addition to the permanent exhibitions, there are changing exhibitions of national significance on an additional 1,000 square metres of exhibition space.