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Today, the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden is internationally known for its outstanding archaeological collections. Yet its origins lie in an insignificant assortment of artefacts used for study by Leiden University. How did this transformation come about?Ruurd Halbertsma has delved into the archives to show that the appointment of Caspar Reuvens as Professor of Archaeology in 1818 was the crucial turning point. He tells the dramatic story of Reuvens' struggle to establish the museum, with battles against rival scholars, red tape and the Dutch attitude of neglect towards archaeolo

Archaeologists --- Archaeology --- Archéologues --- Archéologie --- Biography. --- History --- Biographies --- Histoire --- Reuvens, Caspar Jacob Christiaan, --- Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden. --- Archéologues --- Archéologie --- Historians --- Reuvens, C. J. C. --- Reuvens, Casparus Jacobus Christianus, --- Leiden Museum of Antiquities --- Musée d'antiquités des Pays-Bas --- Museo antiquario leidensi --- Museum of Archeology (Leiden, Netherlands) --- Museum van Oudheden (Leiden, Netherlands) --- National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden --- National Museum of Antiquities at Leyden --- National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden --- Nationalmuseum für Altertümer (Leiden, Netherlands) --- Reichs-Altertums-Museum (Leiden, Netherlands) --- Reichsmuseum der Altertümer (Leiden, Netherlands) --- Rijks Museum van Oudheden di Leida (Olanda) --- Rijks Museum van Oudheden of Leyden (The Netherlands) --- Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Leiden, Netherlands) --- RMO in Leiden --- Netherlands --- Reuvens, Caspar Jacob Christiaan --- Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden --- Biography --- 1815-1830 --- 1830-1849 --- archaeological --- museum --- national --- antiquities --- salt --- collection --- dutch --- consul --- forum --- hadriani