Culture or time period
- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)1,372 objects
- Classical Civilizations1,348 objects
- Classical Rome1,326 objects
- Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD)1,260 objects
- United Roman Empire (27 BC–394 AD)1,209 objects
- Constantinian Dynasty (313–363 AD)795 objects
- American cultures328 objects
- North American cultures251 objects
- North American historic cultures238 objects
- United States Historic238 objects
- European cultures122 objects
- Nerva–Antonine Dynasty (96–192 AD)112 objects
- Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 BC–68 AD)95 objects
- Barracks Emperors (235–284 AD)90 objects
- Crisis of the Third Century (235–285 AD)90 objects
- Mesoamerican peoples76 objects
- Mexican76 objects
- Diocletian and the Tetrarchy (285–313 AD)50 objects
- Northern European cultures39 objects
- Southern European cultures39 objects