Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
4.3
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Monday
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Thursday
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Friday
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Saturday
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Sunday
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
About
The Archaeological Museum is part of the National Museums of Cagliari, a MiC institute with special autonomy since 2019.
The Museums are located in the ancient Castello district within the Citadel of Museums which was built between 1956 and 1979 designed by architects Libero Cecchini and Piero Gazzola with the recovery of the royal arsenal and medieval walls.
The archaeological collection includes over 4,000 artifacts that tell a long history of almost 7,000 years, from prehistoric times to the early Middle Ages, from Neolithic mother goddesses to Nuragic bronzes, from Phoenician and Punic jewels to Byzantine cult objects.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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tinaNtravel
San Jose, CA2,143 contributions
Sept 2024 • Couples
On the top of the hill, going up from La Cattedrale Santa Maria (Cattedrale Di Santa Cecilia), are a set of museums. Each has a separate entrance fee. We visited the Archeological Museum, and entrance to the Pinacoteca comes with it. The Archeological Museum is the first museum in the group and Pinacoteca the last. Maybe both are included so you walk between them and then decide to also see the museums in between. In any case the Archeological Museum was quite interesting. The information was well presented and there are 4 floors of things to see. It is not a large museum so you can see it all in an hour or two if you take your time. We went to the Nuragica Museum the next day and I would recommend doing the opposite. Go first to the Nuragica Museum to get a full immersion explanation and then come to this museum to see the actual artifacts. The Pinacoteca was much smaller with beautiful religious paintings. Both museums are worth visiting.
Written 13 October 2024
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Michela
Sardinia, Italy115 contributions
Dec 2024 • Friends
Very nice, super interesting, a beautiful collection of Sardinian history, told in a chronological path with simple but effective installations, which enhance the works without hiding them! The picture gallery is also very beautiful, with suggestive temporary exhibitions. The price (9€) is absolutely commensurate with the experience! Very kind also the staff, a must in your holiday in Cagliari
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Written 19 December 2024
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LellaBuongusto
Florence, Italy16 contributions
Apr 2024 • Friends
The museum is definitely worth a visit and some time! Rich in descriptions along the path created within it, even if the chronological thread to follow is not always clear. The material on display is noteworthy... The statues of Mont'e Prama are beautiful and particular, perhaps to be highlighted even more and enriched with further information elements.
Written 29 April 2024
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Sunshine825299
285 contributions
Apr 2024 • Couples
We visited Cagliar in April and went to the museum on a Bank Holiday, which meant the entrance was free. It was lovely museum, well laid out and very interesting. We try to go to local museums if we get a chance, something interesting to do, especially on a rainy day.
Written 13 July 2024
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Joanne
Lake Mary, FL2,202 contributions
July 2024 • Solo
Excellent little museum. It was 9 Euros for adults, and worth the price. There are 3 floors and the exhibits wind around. A/C which is great coming out of the heat. Although the museum is small, there are many little and big artifacts. My favorite was on the third floor with a lot of statues. There are also various hands-on replicas that you can touch - so this is good for kids. It is a very tough walk up-hill, but worth it. You can also use he ticket to other museums in the complex. I only had about 1 hour, but you could easily spend a couple, wish I had more time.
Written 23 July 2024
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Justine L
Dover, UK60 contributions
July 2024 • Couples
Fascinating museum with some very unusual cultural exhibits. Good value and includes entry to the art museum. Fairly small, but packed with items I have never seen before. Worth a visit.
Written 15 July 2024
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SelbyDale
Saint Paul, MN219 contributions
Sept 2023 • Couples
After a week touring the Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in mid and northern Sardinia, we came to Cagliari specifically to see this museum and the artifacts from many of the sites we visited. It was definitely worth the trip, and seeing the Mother Goddess figures up close was a personal bonus. The 4th level is devoted to the Giants of Mont'e Prama that are worth the price of admission alone. The museum is open daily 08:45-19:45. If you are walking, it is a mighty steep climb from Piazza Yenne. There is an elevator in this area, but it only allows you to skip a steep stairway.
Written 9 October 2023
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DidouParis
Cagliari, Italy23 contributions
Jan 2025 • Solo
A repulsive welcome (change of team) by waving my hand to go out without an explanation and without a smile.
Once this unpleasant barrier of the ticket has been purchased, the museum has very beautiful pieces but is very poorly organized: we pass from one era to the next and return to it. We spend our time going from one era to another with a look back. In short no logic and at least not the chronology. Anyway, we're lost. A magnificent statue of the giants of Monte Parma is on the ground floor but the others on the top floor, etc. Too bad.
Once this unpleasant barrier of the ticket has been purchased, the museum has very beautiful pieces but is very poorly organized: we pass from one era to the next and return to it. We spend our time going from one era to another with a look back. In short no logic and at least not the chronology. Anyway, we're lost. A magnificent statue of the giants of Monte Parma is on the ground floor but the others on the top floor, etc. Too bad.
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Written 5 January 2025
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Il VĂ gero
Viareggio, Italy398 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
Let's start from the structure where the museum is located which alone is worth a visit if you are walking around Casteddu. The museum is majestic, truly intense in terms of content. The path created within it is pleasant, although the chronological narrative is perhaps not always very clear. Overall, I believe we could modernize the display of the material by also reducing its volume (it's really tiring to follow everything carefully) perhaps, my simple idea, by reducing the redundant Roman part whose local component ultimately has no peculiarity in the endless panorama of the archeology of such civilization.
Obviously the statues of Mont'e Prama are significant, rightly highlighted but which perhaps could be emphasized even more..
I managed to visit the entire museum with a small child in his stroller, certainly a positive note considering that this is on several levels
Obviously the statues of Mont'e Prama are significant, rightly highlighted but which perhaps could be emphasized even more..
I managed to visit the entire museum with a small child in his stroller, certainly a positive note considering that this is on several levels
Written 2 December 2023
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lanusRome
Rome, Italy605 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
Nice museum. Well organised, well lit and laid out. The finds are well described and organized in the various rooms in such a way as to be able to magically follow the ancient history of Sardinia which, due to its conformation, probably represents a unicum. If many of the Italian national archaeological museums tell very similar stories to each other, the one in Cagliari is an element in itself. Unmissable.
Written 10 November 2023
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Is there a place to store luggage? I will have my suitcase.
Written 21 May 2018
Schoolchildren have an area in which they can leave backpacks while touring the museum, but it is unsecured. The staff seem very helpful, and I'm sure they would be willing to put luggage behind the desk for visitors. I did not see any lockers for luggage at the facility.
Written 24 May 2018
Quanto tempo occorre per una visita del museo non molto approfondita?
Written 20 March 2016
una visita superficiale può essere fatta anche in 1/2 ora ma sarebbe un peccato se si è lì perdere di approfondire le varie sezioni.
Written 17 February 2018
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