Museo archeologico "Villa Sulcis", Archaeological museum in Carbonia, Italy.
The Museo archeologico "Villa Sulcis" is an archaeological museum in Carbonia, in southwestern Sardinia, housing finds from the local territory from the Neolithic period to the Byzantine era. The collection is organized in chronological sections and set inside a former mining-era director's residence.
The museum opened in 1988 in a villa built in the 1930s, at the same time as the planned mining town of Carbonia was founded. A major expansion in 2008 allowed the collection to grow and take up more of the building.
The museum's three rooms are named for the territory, Phoenician Sulcis and Monte Sirai. In the Sulcis room, finds from the Phoenician centres of Sulki and Bithia sit alongside material from the Punic and Roman phases of Monte Sirai, in Carbonia's own territory. The name Sulcis survives as the label for this corner of Sardinia.
The museum sits close to the center of Carbonia and is easy to reach on foot. Opening hours can change depending on the season, so checking ahead before your visit is a good idea.
The three exhibition rooms are named after their contents: the territory room holds prehistoric and protohistoric finds, the Phoenician Sulcis room displays material from Sulki and Bithia, and the Monte Sirai room covers that site from the Phoenician-Punic to the Roman period. Among the earliest pieces are finds from the Mesolithic and Neolithic rock shelter of Su Carroppu di Sirri.
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