Museo Civico e Archeologico

Nice to visit

What a sight ... A dip in the past ... You can breathe an ancient air. To visit!

this museum is located in the center, next to the church of the Santissima Annunziata, in a building that absolutely deserves as regards the facade as it is richly decorated with small columns that adorn the few windows. unfortunately, on the contrary, the exhibition itinerary presents several weak points. first of all, the ticket office is located on the first floor. there is no control so those who enter can also visit the substantial part on the ground floor without buying a ticket and not being noticed. in fact, the exhibition is on two floors. the visit begins next to the ticket office where there is an almost bare room, with 3 showcases with a few artifacts and some funerary stones. a panel explains the female trousseau in Roman times. we then return to the corridor and visit two rooms. the first on the left is occupied by a small ethnographic museum. About twenty traditional women's clothes from various Abruzzo villages are exhibited, in addition to the typical clothing of the shepherd. on the walls there are drawings depicting traditional male and female clothes. in many cases the same countries are repeated several times. in the center of the room are the tools used mostly in transhumance and some other agricultural or house objects. overall it is a bit neglected as an environment but the clothes are well displayed and interesting to see. the squares in the top row are definitely not very visible instead. next to it is the archaeological section that continues on the ground floor. Logically it would be advisable to start from below since it is the part with the most ancient finds, but the keeper made us start from here ... in this large T-shaped room there are objects from the necropolis and sacred areas of the territory and dating back to the Roman period in the display cases and in the center of the room: oil lamps, kitchen utensils, pottery, votive figurines, amphorae, olpi, etc. and what can be seen exposed. each showcase is accompanied by an information panel. I am about thirty alone in this room so it is quite challenging to read them all even if they are well done. the style is a bit old ... some speak of the main scholars who collected and donated the finds to the museum. 4 are dedicated to the sanctuary of Ercole Curino, which is not far away. the remains can be visited. in this room a piece of black and white floor mosaic has been reproduced and the resting Hercules is exhibited, a copy of the original which is in the archaeological museum of Chieti. going down to the ground floor you can see the other large room where the most ancient finds, dating back to prehistory and pre-Roman times, are displayed in showcases similar to those on the upper floor. at the bottom there are some stones and a beautiful marble high-relief depicting transhumance. more than anything else, fragments of pottery are exhibited in the showcases, with some weapons and iron objects. here there are about 35 panels. this makes the visit very slow and boring. although they say interesting things it would be appropriate in my opinion to condense the notions by placing a few information supports able to make people understand what you are seeing. the visit ends in another room where you can see the excavations that brought to light in the 90s a Roman domus inhabited between the 1st century BC. and the second century. A.D. you can see some black and white frescoes and mosaics as well as the still standing walls. 4 panels explain how much you can see. there are also two showcases with some artifacts found in situ. a brochure provided at the ticket office acts as a guide to understand what you are observing. there should also be a part dedicated to the art gallery - 5 rooms - but it is currently closed. the visit takes about 2 hours, 3 if you want to read all the panels. the museum is open from 9 to 13 and from 15 to 18, closed on Mondays. the ticket costs 3.5 €. the bathroom is on the left as you enter. not very well kept ... I do not particularly recommend the visit, especially for the neglect in which the entire exhibition itinerary seems to fall.

Very interesting and above all well cared for

Around Sulmona and I discovered this little pearl. Museum that I absolutely did not know because it was not advertised. A real shame, because it preserves many archaeological finds from the Italic, Roman, medieval, etc ... the staff is super friendly and helpful. I highly recommend you to visit him if you are passionate about archeology like me. :)))

Very beautiful. With three sections (costumes, Roman and Italic) and the domus found under the complex in 1991 and proof of the continuous frequentation of the place from the Roman Republican era (about 200 BC), it presents notable pieces. It is then located in the medieval complex of the Annunziata. To visit.

The museum mainly consists of three sections. The picture gallery is certainly the most interesting, with paintings and sculptures ranging from the medieval to the Baroque period. The archaeological section, on the other hand, is organized in a somewhat antiquated way, with the finds almost always exhibited in display cases and panels that are very long to read and therefore can be visited rather quickly. The same goes for the ethnographic section. The museum must certainly be made more modern and captivating since Sulmona is a very visited city rich in history.