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Museo archeologico nazionale della Lomellina

State archaeological museum in the 15th-century stables of the Castello Sforzesco in Vigevano: Celtic and Roman necropolises and finds from prehistory to the Early Middle Ages.

Opening hoursAdmission €6

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About the museum

The Museo archeologico nazionale della Lomellina is a state institution inaugurated in 1998 and enlarged in 2006. It is housed in atmospheric rooms of the Castello Sforzesco in Vigevano and gathers archaeological evidence from excavations and chance finds in the Lomellina territory, with the aim of spreading knowledge of it to a wide public of visitors to the city and its monuments.

The rooms present sections from different periods, from the Celtic age to the Early Middle Ages. The first room, the 15th-century stable, is devoted to the late Celtic and Roman necropolises, the most significant archaeological documentation of the area: among the grave goods, glass vessels for the variety and beauty of their shapes, and figured terracottas, which allow observations on funerary ritual, stand out.

Two other rooms illustrate respectively Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, with grave goods from Lombard burials at San Martino Siccomario, Garlasco and Cava Manara, and the territory of Vigevano from prehistory to the Roman age. The last room is reserved for rotating displays, while the large hall next to the stables, intended in the future for the prehistoric and protohistoric section, is used for temporary exhibitions, lectures and educational activities.

Highlights

Late Celtic and Roman necropolises in the 15th-century stable
Glass and figured terracottas from the grave goods
Grave goods from Lombard tombs of San Martino Siccomario, Garlasco and Cava Manara
Section on the territory of Vigevano from prehistory to the Roman age
Seat in the Castello Sforzesco

Permanent exhibition

Collezione archeologica della Lomellina – Finds from the Celtic age to the Early Middle Ages, with the late Celtic and Roman necropolises and the Lombard grave goods of the Lomellina.

Founded: 1998
Operated by: Ministero della Cultura – Direzione regionale Musei nazionali Lombardia

Admission & discounts

Adults	€6
Reduced	€2Visitors aged 18 to 25
Annual pass	€12

Ticket office at the museum. Free admission for children under 6, for visitors with a certificate of disability and one companion, for tourist guides and for school group escorts. The museum is included in the Abbonamento Musei Lombardia/Valle d'Aosta.