Curatorial narratives are used in historical exhibitions to organize artifacts and facilitate environments that creates meaning, as well as mediation that enables historical consciousness. The essay highlights the importance of interplay between visual, material, and spatial components, which collectively communicate a story to the visitors. The purpose of this essay is to analyze and compare the conveyed stories in ten selected rooms within three exhibitions at the National Museum and the Glyptotek in Copenhagen. The three exhibitions are collection-based and semi-permanent, and depict the antiquity of Denmark, Egypt, Greece, and the Roman Empire. The research has been conducted using a narrative method of analysis. Through a methodological framework, the rooms of the exhibitions and their mediation of three ancient cultures, could be decoded. The concluding chapter include a discussion and four inferences: 1. The importance of interplay between the visual, material, and spatial components in narrative storytelling in exhibitions. Together, they form a story for visitors to engage with. Examples include, how lighting affects the mood and atmosphere, how the design of the room controls the visitor's movement patterns, how the placement of the artefacts signals status and cultural significance, and how color and form are used to create temporal and thematic order. 2. The importance of placing the artefacts in relevant contexts, to give them an active role in the story and to promote meaning-making. If the visitor does not understand the cultural meaning of the artifacts, they lose their narrative significance. 3.The three ancient cultures are portrayed in different ways and attributed characteristics through the highlighting of themes. In the Egyptian parts of the ancient collections, the cultural narrative appears unbalanced as death is given a predominant focus in the story. 4. The three exhibitions follow the mediation of modern historiography and a Eurocentric master narrative. The purpose of the essay is to contribute with inspiration and knowledge to the cultural heritage- and museological field, focusing on historical storytelling and narrative mediation.