Archaeological Museum of Aidone

The Archaeological Museum of Aidone occupies a former Capuchin monastery from 1611, featuring multiple exhibition halls connected to Saint Francis Church.

The museum, inaugurated in 1984, contains artifacts from thirty years of excavations at the ancient Greek city of Morgantina, dating from Bronze Age.

The museum displays the Morgantina goddess, a 2.24-meter limestone statue from 425-400 BC, returned from the Metropolitan Museum of New York in 2011.

Visitors can access the museum through Saint Francis Church, which includes a conference room and a crypt with wall tombs.

The collection includes sixteen pieces of silver ritual tableware and two archaic Greek acrolith sculptures representing the goddesses Demeter and Kore.

Location: Aidone

Inception: 1984

Official opening: 1984

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible

Operator: Regione Sicilia

Phone: +39093587307

Website: https://regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/dirbenicult/database/page_musei/pagina_musei.asp?ID=22&IdSito=40

GPS coordinates: 37.41360,14.44733

Latest update: May 17, 2025 10:27