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Digital Archive

Now you can enjoy Minerva magazine wherever you are, home or away, with our digital subscription. Take us with you on your own adventures, and have access to years of the latest ground-breaking art, archaeology and inspiring travel features at your fingertips, any time of day or night.

Each issue is packed with features written by leading historians, archaeologists, and curators drawn from the world’s leading museums and universities.

Our subjects range from recent archaeological finds and excavations and current museum and gallery exhibitions, to art, music and literature inspired by the ancient world. Time periods covered extend from prehistory, the pre-Columbian Americas, aboriginal Australia, Ancient Egypt, the Graeco-Roman world, and Near and Far Eastern antiquity right up to, and including, the medieval period.

Subscribe to the stand-alone digital archive, and access issues of Minerva from 2016 onwards. The archive is provided by Exact Editions, and you can subscribe here: https://shop.exacteditions.com/minerva.

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Digital subscriptions for institution

Institutions can also get access to the entire digital back catalogue of Minerva through Exact Editions. This includes:

  • IP authenticated access – no requirement to login with username and password.
  • Remote/EzProxy access for registered users off site, as well as Shibboleth authentication.
  • Fully searchable archive. Search by keyword and using Boolean operators.
  • Each individual page has a persistent URL.
  • Comprehensive and prompt technical support.

Click here to find out more about institutional digital subscriptions to Minerva.