Museo Civico Orientale "S. Cardu"

The Siamese Civic Art Museum “Stefano Cardu”, preserves the largest collection of Siamese art in Europe, collected by Stefano Cardu, who in 1914 gave part of the objects, to the municipality of Cagliari. In 1977 the collection was exhibited at the Civic Palace, and in 1981 it was transferred to the Citadel of Museums. The collection contains paintings, manuscripts, Buddhist sculptures in bronze, ivory and silverware dating from the 17th to 19th century. Of great value, are the precious okimonos and netsukes from the Meiji era, and the Chinese and Siamese porcelain, dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasty.