Museum
RD Milns Antiquities Museum
Stone, pottery and glass antiquities spanning thirty-five centuries of Mediterranean history.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the RD Milns Antiquities Museum at the University of Queensland in Brisbane opens with the object that founded the whole collection: a fifth-century BC Attic amphora, bought at a London auction in nineteen sixty-three for classics students. It follows how Athenian potters achieved that glossy black surface, staking each vase on a three-stage kiln process with no thermometer and no second chances. It also touches on Robert Milns, the professor the museum was later renamed for. Stand close and look for where the black meets the bare orange clay.
This audio guide was created using AI.