Museo archeologico regionale Lilibeo – Baglio Anselmi
Archaeological museum of Marsala in the Baglio Anselmi, with the only Punic ship to have survived and the Venere Lilybetana.
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About the museum
The Lilibeo Regional Archaeological Museum is housed in the Baglio Anselmi, a former winery built around 1880 on the outskirts of Marsala, near the Capo Boeo promontory. The building was assigned to the museum in 1986 by the Sicilian Region, and the museum was inaugurated in 1999. At the end of the 2000s the neighbouring Baglio Tumbarello-Grignani, linked to the Baglio Anselmi by a covered passage, was also acquired as regional state property.
The building was adapted to house the Punic Ship, discovered in 1969 in the waters of the Isola Grande, at the northern mouth of the Stagnone lagoon: it is the only surviving example of a Punic ship. The museum also houses the Roman Ship of Marausa and the Venere Lilybetana, also called the Venere Callipigia, a Roman statue of the 1st–2nd century AD that is a copy of a 2nd-century BC Hellenistic original.
The museum is part of the Parco archeologico di Lilibeo and documents the history of the ancient Lilybaeum, the city founded by Punic settlers at the end of the 5th century BC and extending down to the sea.
Highlights
- Punic Ship, the only example to have survived
- Roman Ship of Marausa
- Venere Lilybetana (Venere Callipigia)
- Finds from the Punic and Roman city of Lilybaeum
- 19th-century baglio, former winery
Permanent exhibition
- Nave punica e collezioni di Lilibeo – The Punic Ship, the Roman Ship of Marausa, the Venere Lilybetana and the finds from the city of Lilybaeum.
- Founded
- 1999
- Operated by
- Parco archeologico di Lilibeo – Regione Siciliana
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €10 |
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| Reduced | €5Visitors aged 18 to 25 and FAI members |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 18 · Free admission from 0 to 18 years. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and companions. |
| Combined ticket Museum + Capo Boeo archaeological area – full | €12 |
| Combined ticket Museum + Capo Boeo archaeological area – reduced | €6 |
Free admission: Free admission on the first Sunday of each month, for EU citizens on their birthday, and for all women on 8 March.
Free admission also for tourist guides, journalists, ICOM members, EU university students and teachers in related disciplines, cultural heritage staff and documented scholars. Some temporary exhibitions may involve an additional charge.
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Plan your visit
| Photography | Photography is permitted for study, personal use and dissemination, in low resolution, without flash or tripod. |
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| Good to know | The Park offers themed routes (“Lilibeo e il mondo funerario”, “Lilibeo e il mare”) and a virtual tour of the Punic Ship. |
