Museo archeologico di Sala Consilina

About the museum

The Sala Consilina Archaeological Museum, formerly the Antiquarium, is housed in the Cappuccini complex, which hosts the town’s Polo Culturale. It documents two phases of the ancient history of the area: a farming presence from the Eneolithic of the mid-4th millennium BC, attested by the remains of dwellings and by pottery and early metal objects found in the Capo la Piazza locality, and the community that lived there between the 9th and 5th century BC.

The objects on display are a selection from the grave goods of more than two thousand tombs in the Iron Age necropolises at San Rocco and Sant’Antonio. Some of the most prestigious finds, such as the material from the princely “tomba Boezio”, are kept in museums outside the town.

Material excavated by the heritage authority from 1970 onwards was held for a long time in the state museums of Paestum and Pontecagnano. From 1978 the municipality worked to bring the finds back to Sala, and in 1983 the state Antiquarium was inaugurated. The recent restoration of the Cappuccini complex has expanded and improved the exhibition spaces, which are arranged in chronological order.

Highlights

• Grave goods from more than a thousand burials, 9th to 4th century BC
• Remains of the Eneolithic settlement at Capo la Piazza
• Local and imported pottery from the Lucanian period
• Housed in the Polo Culturale Cappuccini

Permanent exhibition

• Esposizione archeologica permanente – Finds from the Neolithic–Eneolithic to the Lucanian period, with the grave goods from the San Rocco and Sant’Antonio necropolises arranged in chronological order.

Founded

1983

Operated by

Comune di Sala Consilina

Visitors per year

approx. 457

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is always free.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

According to the municipality, the museum is also accessible to people with reduced mobility thanks to the removal of architectural barriers.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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