MaM – Museo Archeologico di Monteriggioni

About the museum

The MaM is housed in the monumental complex of Abbadia Isola, a former monastery founded in 1001 along the Via Francigena, a few kilometres from Monteriggioni. The complex is undergoing progressive restoration and represents the new cultural centre of the area; the museum is a permanent institution of the Comune di Monteriggioni.

The museum is “esterno-interno” (outdoor-indoor): panels and outdoor installations tell the history of the abbey, while two exhibition areas, the Tinaia and the Sala Sigerico, trace the events of the territory backwards from the Middle Ages to protohistory, with reconstructions, models, multimedia supports, finds and panels. The route is designed to be enriched over time through rotations of the finds.

The collections include prehistoric, Etruscan, Roman and medieval materials: objects excavated in the Castello di Staggia, the ornaments from the cloister burial ground, the evidence from the Rigoni burial ground and the Sensano tomb with the urn of Lucius Sentius, the Etruscan grave goods of the Casone with the complex of the Calisna Śepu, the Late Iron Age village of Campassini, and the stone tool industry attributable to a prehistoric site of Homo neanderthalensis.

Highlights

• Etruscan grave goods from the tombs of the Casone and the complex of the Calisna Śepu
• Tomb of Sensano with the urn of Lucius Sentius
• Finds from the Castello di Staggia
• Late Iron Age village of Campassini
• Cloister of the former monastery with burial ground and visitable excavation
• Route backwards through time with multimedia totems

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso archeologico permanente – Two exhibition areas, the Tinaia and the Sala Sigerico, trace the territory of Monteriggioni backwards from the Middle Ages to protohistory, with finds, reconstructions and multimedia totems.

Founded

2023

Operated by

Comune di Monteriggioni

Admission & discounts

Single ticket covering the Abbadia Isola archaeological museum, the walkway on the walls (south side partly open) and the educational route “Monteriggioni in Arme”. Free admission also for residents of the Comune di Monteriggioni. Reductions and free admission for holders of the Fondazione Musei Senesi card.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator
• 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

The service charter indicates facilitated physical access, with ramps and a lift; around 90% of the spaces are usable.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Educational activities for schools and families, a family ticket and a nursery service listed on the museum's website.

Getting there & parking

The museum is a few kilometres from Monteriggioni, along the Via Francigena.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop
• Wi-Fi

The complex has a café and bookshop; the service charter lists a wi-fi area. The abbey complex also houses a hostel.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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