TY - BOOK ID - 2920155 TI - Scholars, travellers, and trade : the pioneer years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-1840 PY - 2004 SN - 0415276306 0415518555 9786610073917 0203638859 1134475276 1280073918 0203634543 1134475268 PB - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Archaeologists KW - Archaeology KW - Archéologues KW - Archéologie KW - Biography. KW - History KW - Biographies KW - Histoire KW - Reuvens, Caspar Jacob Christiaan, KW - Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden. KW - Archéologues KW - Archéologie KW - Historians KW - Reuvens, C. J. C. KW - Reuvens, Casparus Jacobus Christianus, KW - Leiden Museum of Antiquities KW - Musée d'antiquités des Pays-Bas KW - Museo antiquario leidensi KW - Museum of Archeology (Leiden, Netherlands) KW - Museum van Oudheden (Leiden, Netherlands) KW - National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden KW - National Museum of Antiquities at Leyden KW - National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden KW - Nationalmuseum für Altertümer (Leiden, Netherlands) KW - Reichs-Altertums-Museum (Leiden, Netherlands) KW - Reichsmuseum der Altertümer (Leiden, Netherlands) KW - Rijks Museum van Oudheden di Leida (Olanda) KW - Rijks Museum van Oudheden of Leyden (The Netherlands) KW - Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Leiden, Netherlands) KW - RMO in Leiden KW - Netherlands KW - Reuvens, Caspar Jacob Christiaan KW - Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden KW - Biography KW - 1815-1830 KW - 1830-1849 KW - archaeological KW - museum KW - national KW - antiquities KW - salt KW - collection KW - dutch KW - consul KW - forum KW - hadriani UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2920155 AB - 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 ER -