Museo archeologico ibleo
Archaeological museum of Ragusa with finds from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity, including the Warrior of Castiglione and the tombs of Kamarina.
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About the museum
The Museo archeologico ibleo is in Ragusa, in Via Natalelli, on the first floor of the Palazzo Mediterraneo, built at the end of the 1950s near the northern end of the Ponte Nuovo. It was officially established in 1961; the display was designed by the archaeologists Vincenzo Cabianca, Antonino Di Vita and Paola Pelagatti.
The collection has grown over the decades with materials from new excavations and with the transfer of various collections previously kept in Syracuse, including those of Paolo Orsi. The museum holds the archaeology and ancient history of the Ragusa province, from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity, and is run by the Parco archeologico di Kamarina e Cava d'Ispica.
The route is organised into six sections: prehistory; the Greeks and Kamarina; the indigenous peoples; the Hellenistic centres; the late Roman and Byzantine centres; and collections and acquisitions. On display are Neolithic and Early Bronze Age pottery, reconstructions of tombs from the Kamarina necropolis, the slab with the “Warrior of Castiglione” found in 1999, a 4th-century BC kiln reassembled, and the mosaic floors of a 6th-century AD church.
Highlights
- Warrior of Castiglione
- Reconstruction of tombs from the Kamarina necropolis
- 4th-century BC kiln from Scornavacche
- Mosaic floors of a 6th-century AD church
- Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso archeologico in sei sezioni – Prehistory; the Greeks and Kamarina; the indigenous peoples; Hellenistic centres; late Roman and Byzantine centres; collections and acquisitions.
- Founded
- 1961
- Operated by
- Parco archeologico di Kamarina e Cava d'Ispica (Regione Siciliana)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 4,457
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €3EU citizens aged 18 to 25 |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free admission for minors under 18 (under 12 when accompanied by an adult). |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and one companion from the care services. |
Free admission: Free admission on the first Sunday of the month and on occasions of regional or local events announced by the regional councillor's office (Assessorato).
Free admission also for tourist guides, journalists, ICOM members, students and university lecturers in related disciplines, teachers and school groups with booking, cultural heritage staff and documented scholars.
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