Allard Pirosona Museum - Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam. Here are the findings tell about the civilizations of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, etc.

Allard Pierson Museum, whose name is taught at the University of classical archeology. His love for areology expressed, in particular, in the expeditions to the Mediterranean, where he brought a lot of amazing things. The basis of the museum was the collection of ancient art objects collected by a colleague Pearson, Ian Sixx. After the death of Sixx, Pearson's son, Jan Lodewijk, bought his collection. The museum was officially opened in 1934. Then he placed all on one floor, but soon was not enough space, because museum collections grew. The museum exhibits are not only buying but accept a gift.

The building where the museum is located today, was opened in 1976 by Queen Beatrix. Previously, it housed the Bank of the Netherlands.

In the section on ancient Egypt, visitors can see the mummies and sarcophagi and see a documentary that tells in detail about how to produce similar burial. In the ancient Greece, a large collection of ceramics, as a black-figure and red-figure. Great interest has rooms showing examples of the art of the Etruscans, who lived on the shores of the Mediterranean and had a significant impact on ancient cultures.

In addition to the permanent exhibition in the museum are constantly changing exhibitions on different countries and eras.