A lapidarium is a place where stone (Latin: ) monuments and fragments of archaeological interest are exhibited.
They can include stone epigraphs; statues; architectural elements such as columns, cornices, and acroterions; bas reliefs, tombstones; and sarcophagi.
Such collections are often displayed in the outdoor courtyards of archaeology museums and history museums.
A lapidary museum could either be a lapidarium or – less often – a gem museum (e.g. the Mineral and Lapidary Museum, North Carolina).
Examples The Lapidarium (in the National Museum), Prague, Czechia The Lapidarium, Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine The Lapidarium of Kings, Copenhagen, Denmark The (museum-lapidarium of Maffei), Verona, Italy The Lapidary Museum, Avignon, France The Estense Lapidary Museum, Modena, Italy Split Archaeological Museum Samharam Lapidarium, Khor Rowri, Oman. Memphite Lapidarium (Mit Rahina, Egypt)
See also A glyptotheque, a sculpture museum, usually stone sculptures A Lithotheque, an academic collection of natural stone samples
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