The new permanent gallery at The Hunterian Museum, The Antonine Wall: Rome's Final Frontier, has been given the seal of approval by industry publication The Museums Journal.

In the review, Peter Lewis describes it as a 'splendid new gallery' and a 'well-designed and intelligent exposition, which uses the space to great effect'.

The Antonine Wall: Rome's Final Frontier gallery opened in September 2011 and has been very popular with visitors to The Hunterian. The gallery showcases a unique collection of monumental sculpture and other Roman artefacts recovered from the Antonine Wall - one of the UK’s most important Roman monuments. Featuring eighteen distance slabs, on display together for the first time, the gallery also displays a rich array of military and civilian artefacts from the wall, some exclusive to Roman Britain.

Summing up, Peter Lewis says:

'There is so much to admire in this courageous and thought provoking gallery at the Hunterian. It is well worth beating a path to Glasgow to visit it.'

First published: 27 January 2012

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