Museo civico archeologico di Marciana
Civic museum in the Palazzo del Pretorio in Marciana, the first museum on the island of Elba, with finds from the Palaeolithic to the 18th century and a section on underwater archaeology.
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About the museum
The museum was founded in 1967 as a simple collection of finds from the protohistoric settlements of Monte Capanne, and it was the first museum institution on the island of Elba. It is housed in some rooms of the old Palazzo Pretorio in Marciana. In 1971 a ministerial decree classified it as a “museo minore” (minor museum), and in 2002 it was completely renovated to a design by the architect Maurizio Giachetti.
Over time the collections were enriched with Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age materials, Etruscan finds from the hilltop fortress of Monte Castello, Roman, medieval and 18th-century materials, and the complex of the burial cave of San Giuseppe at Rio nell’Elba.
The route unfolds across four rooms, from prehistory to the medieval age, and ends with the section on underwater archaeology, devoted to the wrecks of Procchio, Chiessi and Sant’Andrea and to an 18th-century cargo ship: wine, oil and garum amphorae, glass goblets, shipboard crockery and an ivory statuette.
Highlights
- Four Villanovan bronze axes from Chiessi
- Etruscan black-glaze pottery from Monte Castello
- Amphorae from the Chiessi and Procchio wrecks
- Ivory statuette of Dionysus and Pan from the Procchio wreck
- Medieval materials of Pisan production
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso archeologico dal Paleolitico al Settecento – Four rooms with prehistoric, Etruscan, Roman and medieval finds, and the section devoted to wrecks and underwater archaeology.
- Founded
- 1967
- Operated by
- Comune di Marciana
- Visitors per year
- approx. 1,085
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €7 |
|---|---|
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 14 · Free admission up to age 14. |
| Groups | –School groups from outside Elba: €2 per person; school groups from the island of Elba: free. |
The museum is part of the Circuito culturale di Marciana, which also includes the Fortezza Pisana, the Museo didattico numismatico and the Casa del Parco.
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