Civico Museo Archeologico Iulium Carnicum

About the museum

The museum is in Zuglio, ancient Iulium Carnicum, in the 17th-century Palazzo Tommasi Leschiutta, a few steps from the remains of the Roman forum. It holds finds from the Carnic territory and from the excavations of the Roman town.

The display is spread over three floors. The ground floor is devoted to Carnia, with the prehistory and protohistory room, rearranged in 2004 as part of a project on the Celts in Friuli. It includes a reconstruction of a section of the Misincinis necropolis at Paularo (8th–4th centuries BC) and evidence of the presence of the ancient Veneti and of the Celts.

On the first floor are the finds from Zuglio in the area of the forum, the baths and private houses, including Pompeian-style frescoes from the frigidarium and furnishings from some domus. The top floor illustrates the commercial and religious life of the Roman town and the furnishings of the first basilica of the Pieve di San Pietro, which date between the 6th and 9th centuries. The museum also hosts a permanent exhibition on the five wooden sculptures of the altar by Domenico da Tolmezzo, found in 2016.

Highlights

• Reconstruction of a section of the Misincinis necropolis (8th–4th centuries BC)
• Pompeian-style frescoes from the frigidarium of the Roman baths
• Furnishings and finds from the houses of Iulium Carnicum
• Liturgical furnishings of the first basilica of the Pieve di San Pietro (6th–9th centuries)
• Five wooden sculptures from the altar of Domenico da Tolmezzo

Permanent exhibitions

• Percorso archeologico su tre piani – Finds from prehistory to the Renaissance: Carnia on the ground floor, the Roman town of Iulium Carnicum on the first floor, and commercial and religious life on the top floor.
• La Forza dell'Arte: le cinque sculture lignee dell'altare di Domenico da Tolmezzo – Permanent exhibition on the five wooden sculptures from the altar of the Pieve di San Pietro, found in 2016 by the Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Command.

Operated by

Comune di Zuglio

Visitors per year

approx. 3,000

Admission & discounts

Full price €5; reduced price €3 for groups of at least 10 people, children aged 6 to 12, over-60s and military personnel; reduced price €2 for school groups and people with disabilities.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Guided tours are offered for school groups.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the centre of Zuglio, a few steps from the remains of the Roman forum.

Amenities & dining

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