Museo archeologico nazionale di Teanum Sidicinum

About the museum

Teanum Sidicinum was founded around 343 BC as the capital of the Sidicini, an Italic people, and was regarded by the ancients as second in importance only to Capua among the great inland cities of Campania. The museum, opened on 12 March 2001, documents its history through the finds from the excavations of the ancient centre and the territory.

The seat is the Loggione e Cavallerizza complex, a late Gothic building of the 14th century built by the Marzano family for civil and political functions, on the site of the medieval upper castle. Over time it housed a school, a court and a stable; from 1937 the rooms on the ground floor served as a cinema and theatre for about forty years, until the restoration that turned them into a museum.

The display, arranged by find context, is divided into seven rooms: from the first traces of life in the area to the age of the villages (8th–4th centuries BC) and the age of the city (3rd century BC–7th century AD). Since December 2014 the museum has been run by the Ministry of Culture, and since 2019 through the Regional Directorate of Museums.

Highlights

• Epiphany mosaic, the earliest attestation of this theme in mosaic in Italy
• Votive offerings from the sacred area of Loreto and the sanctuary of Fondo Ruozzo
• Grave goods from the necropolises of the territory
• Elements of the Roman theatre of Teano
• Conference room with small temporary exhibitions

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso permanente in sette sale – Finds from the Middle Palaeolithic to the 7th century AD, arranged by context, with votive offerings, grave goods, elements of the Roman theatre and the Epiphany mosaic.

Founded

2001

Operated by

Ministero della Cultura – Direzione regionale Musei nazionali Campania

Visitors per year

approx. 6,363

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Accessibility

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According to the Museionline entry, access for persons with disabilities is provided.

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