Museo civico di Apricena

Municipal museum in Apricena in the eighteenth-century Palazzo Paolicelli, with finds from prehistory to the Middle Ages and a section devoted to Frederick II.

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About the museum

The Apricena municipal museum arose from the collaboration between the local section of Archeoclub d'Italia, the municipal administration and the Gargano National Park. Over time Archeoclub gathered the finds from the area and urged the administrations to find a suitable site.

The museum is in Palazzo Paolicelli, an eighteenth-century building in the historic centre, now publicly owned, renovated with funding from the Gargano National Park and opened in March 2010 as the “Palazzo della cultura” (Palace of Culture). The complex also houses the municipal library, the historical archive and the media library dedicated to Frederick II, and is managed by Archeoclub.

The route runs from prehistory (Palaeolithic and Bronze Age) through the Daunian and Hellenistic periods to the Roman era, and includes a medieval section with a panel devoted to Celestine V and a thematic museum on Frederick II.

Highlights

Finds from the Palaeolithic to the Roman period
Section devoted to Daunian civilisation
Thematic museum on Frederick II and the Middle Ages
Seat in the eighteenth-century Palazzo Paolicelli

Permanent exhibition

Percorso archeologico e museo federiciano – Sections from prehistory to the Roman period, and a medieval section with the thematic museum on Frederick II.

Founded: 2010
Operated by: Comune di Apricena (gestione Archeoclub d'Italia, sede di Apricena)