Lego Colosseum
Tiny Romans and architecture at this exhibition on the ancient world.
Overview
The Flavian Amphitheatre, otherwise known as the Colosseum, is one of the great attractions of Rome. It’s unlikely any Christians were torn apart by lions there and the chariot races happened around the corner at the Circus Maximus. But none of that matters, because this one’s made out of Lego. While its getting easier to piece together your own ambitious constructions, the Lego Colosseum on show at the Nicholson museum was painstakingly pieced together out of white bricks in real life by Ryan McNaught — retaining all of the modern decay and ruin of the real thing.
Within its cutaway interior, benches are covered in ancient roman spectators, gladiators fighting on the arena and animals emerging from authentic looking trapdoors. The centre-piece of an exhibition about the Colosseum, a visit to this lego simulacrum is complemented by a visit to the Nicholson’s A History of the World-inspired 50 Objects 50 Stories.
The Nicholson Museum is open 10–4.30 Monday to Friday and 12–4 the first Saturday of the month. The Lego Colosseum has now moved on, but there's a Lego Acropolis to keep you going.
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