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James Logie Memorial Collection

For information on any of the objects in the Collection please contact Penny Minchin-Garvin.

The James Logie Memorial Collection is one of the finest collections of Greek and Roman antiquities on public display in the southern hemisphere and is housed in the Logie Room at Classics in the University of Canterbury. Vases and other pottery items from the Archaic period onwards form the bulk of the collection, although marble items of the Roman period, such as a statue of the goddess Cybele, are included. The collection includes some highly prized black-figure amphorae, including the Stilts vase by the Swing painter.

The collection may be viewed at most times between 9 am and 5 pm during the university term. Guided tours of the Collection are held on the first Wednesday of every month, from 1 to 2 pm. To book phone or email the Museum Curator, Penny Minchin-Garvin, on 364-2987 ext. 8571 or phone the Classics Administrator, Cindy Jones, on 364-2987 ext. 8580.

Continuing and Bridging Education sometimes offer Logie Guided Tours.

Using the Logie Collections: A Quick Guide for Teachers of Classical Studies. (PDF, 102 KB)

Publications in which the James Logie Memorial Collection has appeared. (PDF, 77 KB)

Some of the most recent acquisitions

177/94 Athenian red-figure bell-krater by the Kadmos Painter, Music Lesson ca. 400 B.C.	178/94 Athenian red-figure calyx krater by the Kleophon painter, Medea and the rejuvenation of the ram ca. 440 B.C.
176/91 Roman marble statue of the goddess Cybele. Ht 39.7cm 1st-2nd centuries A.D.	171/86 Panathenaic amphora, Athenian, late 6th century B.C.
16/53 Athenian white-ground lekythos by the Sabouroff Painter ca. 440 B.C.	182/00 Apulian askos made at Canosa, 3rd century B.C.
Inv. 183/00 Roman mosaic from Syria, fragment of floor mosaic with hunting dog 5-6th century AD.