Museums of Sardinia

Nuoro - Museums

Museo d'Arte

The Art Museum or MAN was founded in 1999, in a nineteenth-century building located in the historic center. His goal, from the beginning, was to offer broad attention to the works of the masters of the twentieth century, both emerging and consolidated ones. The Permanent Exhibition includes works by Sardinian artists such as Giuseppe Biasi, Antonio Ballero and many others who worked during the twentieth century.

Cagliari - Museums

Museo del Duomo

Located close to the Cathedral of Santa Maria. The museum occupies a floor where you can admire the "Treasure of the Cathedral”: items used in celebrations, silver objects, paintings, crucifixes.

Cagliari - Museums

Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Located in Cittadella dei Musei since 1993. It has an exhibition of cultural facts and artifacts dating back to periods ranging from Early Neolithic, Middle Neolithic, Late Neolithic to the High Middle Ages.

Cagliari - Museums

Museo Sardo di Antropologia ed Etnografia

The Sardinian Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography was founded in 1953 by Prof. Carlo Maxia. It collects within it many anthropological finds that testify to human evolution. Among these we can mention skulls, bones, costumes and objects used by the inhabitants of the area.

Sant'Antioco - Museums

Museo Etnografico Sant’Antioco

The ethnographic museum is located in the center of the country. On display are objects that testify the habits and customs of the island, especially in connection with the processing of dwarf palms and fine linen, and methods of natural coloration.

Carbonia - Museums

Museo Villa Sulcis

It houses materials from the Neolithic until the Byzantine period found in the area of carbon. Inside there are 3 rooms, with a layout that relates to the understanding of the findings, through the reproduction of environments and use of the time.

Sanluri - Museums

Museo etnografico dei Frati Cappuccini

The museum is set inside the Capuchin monastery, situated on one of the most scenic hills of the area a short distance from the medieval castle. Inside we find a collection of sacred art from the 15th century, local products, work tools used.

Villasimius - Museums

Museo Archeologico

The museum was established on the initiative of the City, and houses a collection of historical and archaeological interest. The collection consists of artifacts excavated in adjacent areas, dating since prehistory: pottery, vases, pottery, plaques, and numerous other objects, arranged according to the chronology.

Iglesias - Museums

Museo dell' Arte Mineraria

The Museum of Mining was established in 1998. Inside the Museum it is possible to observe the machines that were used during the late 19th century in the mines and about 400 meters of galleries used as a refuge during the bombings of the Second War. World Cup.

Sassari - Museums

Museo Del Vino Berchidda

The Berchidda Wine Museum is located in the resort of Berchidda. It is located in a hill that offers a beautiful panoramic view and from where you can admire the vineyards and the whole hilly and flat area. It has been opened in recent years, especially to present to the public the ancient tradition of wine production. The museum is available to the public and for all lovers and connoisseurs of good wine.

Bonorva - Museums

Museo Civico Archeologico

The Archaeological Museum of Bonorva is located in the interior of a former convent dedicated to St. Anthony. It is a museum of historical character, with ancient finds dating from prehistoric times. All the material is well organized in four rooms divided by historical times. The collection is carefully curated by the Municipality, and is open to the public.

Luras - Museums

Museo Etnografico

The Ethnographic Museum is located inside a three-story building. This is one of the most unique buildings in classic style. The Museum displays works of the Gallura civilization belonging to the period between the end of 600 and the middle of our century.

Castelsardo - Museums

Museo dell'Intreccio Mediterraneo

The Museum is located in the interior of the Castle of Doria, a building of the twelfth century. The collection contains numerous items and handicrafts from the Mediterranean areas. It is divided into two major sections: the working techniques and the use of these elements.

Stintino - Museums

Museo della Tonnara

Sassari - Museums

Museo Diocesano

The Diocesan Museum of Sassari is located inside the church of San Michele in Piazza Duomo, in the municipality of Sassari. It was born to collect and present to the public an exhibition of the ecclesiastical heritage and the history of the church of San Michele. It houses an exhibition of historical documents, vestments of the 19th-20th century, furnishings from different eras and some reliquaries. The museum is open to the public.

Sassari - Museums

Museo Storico della Brigata

The Museum of the Brigade of Sassari is located inside the “La Marmora” barracks in Piazza Castello in the municipality of Sassari. It was founded in 1992, to collect and present to the public the traditions of the Sassari Brigade during the First World War. Inside it houses an exhibition of historical documents such as photos, memorabilia and reconstructions of the trenches of the First World War.

Nuoro - Museums

Museo Archeologico Nazionale

The exhibition, located in six rooms, offers a glimpse of the rich archaeological heritage of the province of Nuoro and the human history from Neolithic to Medieval times .

Nuoro - Museums

Museo della Vita e delle Tradizioni Popolari

The valuable collection of ancient objects related to traditional life in Sardinia.

Orani - Museums

Museo "C. Nivola"

In the Costantino Nivola Museum, works by the great artist are exhibited, from whom it also takes its name. In his sculptures Nivola represented the Cycladic civilization. Some sun loungers made of terracotta are also very special.

Belvi' - Museums

Museo di Scienze Naturali

The Museum of Natural Sciences was built in 1980 by a group of people from this municipality who were very fond of Sardinian fauna. The museum is divided into six sections where materials of different types are found. In the museum we can admire a collection of about 1000 specimens brought from Sardinian mines, but also a collection of about 300 fossils belonging to the period between Paleozoic and Quaternary. Here are also 400 species of Sardinian birdlife, amphibians, reptiles and fish.

Arborea - Museums

Museo Archeologico

The Archaeological Museum of Arborea is located in the Archaeological Hall of MUB, and is managed by the Municipality. It is a large collection of ancient excavations, dating back almost two centuries ago in the area, which demonstrate the evolution of Arborea since its beginnings. The museum is available to all interested parties. The most important items are metal jewelry.

Pula - Museums

Museo Archeologico

The Archaeological Museum of Pula is located in the historic center of the city. Inside it displays objects from the ancient city of Nora and nearby. In addition, we can admire a collection of nineteenth century photographs that reflect the different phases of discovery and excavation. A special collection was dedicated to underwater recoveries, such as anchors, anchors, punic ceramics etc. The museum is open to the public and deserves to be visited.

Cagliari - Museums

Museo di Mineralogia

The “L. De Prunner” Mineralogy Museum is located inside the Museum of Geology and Paleontology “Domenico Lovisato” at the Department of Earth Sciences of Cagliari. It was founded in 1806 by the Viceroy of Sardinia Carlo Felice. The Museum exhibits a rich collection of minerals, such as argentite and phosgene and is open to the public.

Cagliari - Museums

Museo di Fisica

The Physics Museum is located at the University of Cagliari. Its origins date back to 1626. It was born to collect and enhance the excellent work that physicists have done over the centuries. Today the museum houses a large collection of professional instruments, in fact there are about 400 devices and instruments related to the following areas: Electromagnetism, Optics, Acoustics and Mechanics and 250 appliances dating back to 1800. In particular, we can mention the electric dynamo by Antonio Pacinotti.

Cagliari - Museums

Museo Botanico

The Botanical Museum belongs to with Department of Botany, University of Cagliari and was opened in 2008. Here are exposed the scientific instruments used in past centuries. Of great interest.

Cagliari - Museums

Museo dell'Arciconfraternita dei Genovesi

Cagliari - Museums

Museo sardo di geologia e paleontologia Domenico lovisato

The Sardinian Museum of Geology and Paleontology Domenico Lovisto is located at the Department of Earth Sciences. The Domenico Lovisato Museum inside houses a rich collection of about 600 fossil finds. It was created to collect and present to the public the history of the Earth, from the Paleozoic era to the Quaternary. The museum is available to the public.

Cagliari - Museums

Museo delle Ferrovie in Sardegna

The Sardinian Railway Museum is located inside the station of Cagliari, and was set up in 1985. The Museum offers a collection with more than one hundred testimonies resisted over time, retracing all the most important phases of the history of Sardinian railways.

Cagliari - Museums

Pinacoteca Nazionale di Cagliari

A heritage consisting of 1272 works, including paintings, ceramics (Pula Fund), weapons, household furniture, gold, silver and textiles. The paintings, mostly altarpieces, range from the XV to the XVII century and belong to the late Gothic Catalan and Flemish culture.

Cagliari - Museums

Raccolta Cere Anatomiche di Clemente Susini

The Anatomical Wax Collection by Clemente Susini is located in the Citadel of Museums. The museum presents a collection of anatomical waxes among the most interesting in the world. The collection houses 23 anatomical models in polychrome wax, from the different parts of the human body, both male and female. The wax models were made between 1803 and 1805 by Clemente Susini, in the laboratory of the Museo della Specola in Florence.

Cagliari - Museums

Collezione Sarda Luigi Piloni

The Luigi Piloni collection is a collection of works of art and crafts. It was a collection by Luigi Piloni, who in 1981, donated to the University of Cagliari. The collection is exhibited in seven rooms, and preserves carpets, paintings, maps, handicrafts, jewelry, silverware and clothing. The “L. Piloni” Collection is located in the halls of the Palazzo dell'Università, and collects Sardinian works and objects by Luigi Piloni. Of great interest are the paintings dating from the sixteenth century, a table depicting Saint Clare, the burial of Christ, the Archangel Raphael and several Sardinian paintings by Philippine Della Marmora. In addition, there are a collection of 206 maps, a collection of prints, a collection of Sardinian rugs from the second half of the 18th century, and almost 80 pieces of silver accessories.

Cagliari - Museums

Galleria Comunale d'arte

The Municipal Art Gallery of Cagliari is a museum located in the Palazzo dei Giardini Pubblici, built in the mid-nineteenth century. Since 1933 it has been the headquarters of the Municipal Art Gallery. The museum houses a collection of about 250 works including paintings and sculptures dating back to the mid-nineteenth century until the eighties of the twentieth century.

Tortoli' - Museums

Museo su Logu de S'Iscultura

A new museum at open sky which also has a seat within the city. It shows works by contemporary artists.

Lanusei - Museums

Museo diocesano dell'Ogliastra

Placed in the seminary. The museum also houses archaeological finds, documents and writings of the Middle Ages.

Nuoro - Museums

Museo Deleddiano

The birthplace of Grazia Deledda , seat of the museum, preserves manuscripts, photographs, various documents and personal belongings of the writer.

Sassari - Museums

Museo Nazionale "G. A. Sanna"

It 's the main museum institution of the north-central Sardinia for its size and importance of its scientific collections: an important cultural landmark for the North Island.

Aggius - Museums

Aggius, Meoc - Museo Etnografico

The museum tour, within the MEOC, includes a visit to about fifteen environments dedicated to family life and ancient crafts.

Cagliari - Museums

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.

Collinas - Museums

Centro Studi e Documentazione "G. B. Tuveri"

The Study and Documentation Center “G. B. Tuveri” is an institution founded to honor one of the most illustrious people in the city: Giovanni Battista Tuveri. He was a well-known journalist, philosopher, parliamentarian and writer. In fact, here we can observe documents and testimonies of the character in question. Its headquarters is located in the former Monte Granatico, adjacent to the birthplace.

Quartu Sant'Elena - Museums

Museo Etnografico "Il Ciclo della Vita"

The Ethnographic Museum “The Cycle of Life” was founded in 1998, with its headquarters in an ancient nineteenth-century house. The opening was curated by Giovanni Musiu. The exhibition halls hold about 8000 everyday objects of the Sardinian tradition from the 18th to the 20th century.

Villanovaforru - Museums

Museo Civico Archeologico "Genna Maria"

The Civic Archaeological Museum of Genna Maria is located in the Palazzo del Monte di Soccorso. Archaeological materials found in the archaeological area near the nuragic complex of Genna Maria are exhibited. Among the objects there are some ceramics from the Nuragic and Byzantine era. Very special are the collections of instruments of worship of the IX-VIII century.

Monserrato - Museums

Museo delle Ferrovie della Sardegna

The Museum of the Railways of Sardinia opened to the public in 1966 thanks to the initiative of the Sardinian Industrie Turistico Authority. It is located in an exhibition area of 1000 m² inside which there are numerous materials that tell the story of the secondary railways in Sardinia. Among the historical finds there is a nineteenth-century steam locomotive 'Winterthur 43 Goito' and a 1911 Bauchiero carriage.

Nuoro - Museums

Museo Civico Speleo-Archeologico

The Speleo-Archaeological Civic Museum is located in the rooms of Palazzo Asproni. The institute is divided into two sections: the first is the speleological one and the second is the archaeological one. The findings that we can see all come from the areas of the resort. These date from the Palaeolithic until the Middle Ages. The museum is accessible free of charge.

Aritzo - Museums

Museo Etnografico (Ecomuseo della Montagna Sarda)

The Ethnographic Museum, also known as the Sardinian Mountain Ecomuseum, represents a large collection of objects and documents from the mountain life of the area. These are the historical, anthropological, religious and cultural collections, which offer an active path through the history of the city. All elements are well organized in five showrooms according to the timeline. The Museum is available for all interested parties.

Armungia - Museums

Museo Etnografico "Sa Domu de is Ainas"

The Museum “The House of Work Tools” is located in the nineteenth-century Palazzo Comunale. Inside it has a large collection of objects and documents of different types and historical periods: traditional garments, agriculture, crafts, territory and work of women, all arranged in different rooms . In addition to all the collections, you can also admire a great audiovisual documentation of the entire historical journey. The Museum is available for all interested parties.

Assemini - Museums

Museo dell'arte etnica internazionale

The Ethnic Museum of Assemini was established in 2002 by the Cultural Association “MEI”, to present all the heritage of the popular traditions of Sardinian culture. It is located in the municipality of Assemini, in the town of Sant'Andrea. Inside it houses a large collection of ceramic sculptures.

Assemini - Museums

Museo di Storia Naturale "Aquilegia"

The Museum of Natural History is located on the outskirts of the village. The exhibition of botanical, geological and zoological finds from lagoon and mountain environments are of extraordinary beauty. Inside the museum, there is a historical and photographic archive, a library and environments where it is possible to carry out educational activities etc.

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Museo Cittadino

In front of the center of the city of Olbia, there is the famous National Archaeological Museum, designed by Vanni Macciocchi. Multipurpose facility, there is within it the possibility to admire the Roman ships.

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Museo Civico

It offers the opportunity to learn about the history of the territory of Lanusei thanks to the numerous archaeological finds, the photographic exhibitions that document the development of Lanusei.

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Museo delle Torri e dei Castelli di Sardegna

c/o lazzaretto – borgo sant’elia - Cagliari

Opened in 2002, it preserves the collection Monagheddu-Cannas, consisting of philological reconstruction in scale, with reproductions of the military artifacts from various eras. Each artifact has been reconstructed in the state it once was.

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Museo delle Maschere Mediterranee

piazza europa 15 - Mamoiada

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Museo della Civiltà Contadina, Pastorale, Artigianale e della Miniera

via roma 199 - Seui

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Museo Capitolare

via del fossario, 1, 09100 - Cagliari

The Capitular Museum of Cagliari is located in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta. It houses the most important works of the Treasure of the Cathedral, such as a large fifteenth-century cross in gilded silver, amphorae, goblets and chiseled plates.

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Museo Civico

via giovanni xxiii s.n.c. - Santa Giusta

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Pinacoteca

via sebastiano satta 32 - Nuoro