Museo civico Antonio Collisani
Civic museum in Petralia Sottana with archaeology and geology sections in the former prison and a photographic collection at Palazzo Pucci Martinez.
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About the museum
The museum is housed in the former prison in the centre of Petralia Sottana, a building of 15th-century origin that rises over three floors along the slope. It takes its name from Antonio Collisani, an amateur archaeologist, and holds the collection deposited by his heirs.
The geology section, opened in 2004, occupies the ground floor and includes the collection of Giuseppe Torre, with an interactive system on the geological history of the island. The route takes visitors from the time when the Madonie were a coral reef up to about three thousand years ago. The archaeology section, opened in 2008 on the lower floor, displays the Collisani Collection and the finds from the Grotta del Vecchiuzzo, a prehistoric site discovered by Collisani.
A permanent photographic collection is set up at Palazzo Pucci Martinez, seat of the Ente Parco delle Madonie, with works by Enzo Sellerio, Leonard Freed and Josip Ciganovic and images commissioned in 2021. A landslide in February 2022 forced the temporary closure of the museum, which reopened in September 2023.
Highlights
- Collisani archaeological collection
- Finds from the Grotta del Vecchiuzzo
- Geology section with an interactive system on the history of the Madonie
- Photographic collection by Sellerio, Freed and Ciganovic at Palazzo Pucci Martinez
Permanent exhibitions
- Sezione di archeologia – The Collisani Collection and the finds from the Grotta del Vecchiuzzo, from prehistory onwards.
- Sezione di geologia – The Torre collection and an interactive system on the geological history of Sicily and the Madonie.
- Collezione fotografica – Photographs by Enzo Sellerio, Leonard Freed and Josip Ciganovic at Palazzo Pucci Martinez.
- Operated by
- Comune di Petralia Sottana
- Visitors per year
- approx. 2,312
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €2 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €1 |
Full ticket €2, reduced €1. A booking form is available on the museum's website.
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