9 Specialty Museums in Sciacca That You Shouldn't Miss

October 6, 2021 Phylicia Berquist

Sciacca (Italian: [ˈʃakka]; Greek: Θέρμαι; Latin: Thermae Selinuntinae, Thermae Selinuntiae, Thermae, Aquae Labrodes and Aquae Labodes), is a town and comune in the province of Agrigento on the southwestern coast of Sicily, southern Italy. It has views of the Mediterranean Sea.
Restaurants in Sciacca

1. Nocito Gioielli

Via Venezia 8/a, 92019, Sciacca, Sicily Italy +39 0925 85386 [email protected] http://www.nocitogioielli.com
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5.0 based on 5 reviews

Nocito Gioielli

Nocito is an ancient name in Sciacca. Four generations of love for beauty have given life to a goldsmith specializing in refined jewellery created with the secret artwork of ancient sicilian, master goldsmiths. In Nocito's showroom, you can visit the exhibit "History of Sciacca's coral" to see ancient prints and coral artifacts.

2. Museo del Giocattolo Sciacca

Via Fratelli Argento 15d, 92019, Sciacca, Sicily Italy +39 335 844 4230 [email protected] http://www.museodelgiocattolosciacca.it
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5.0 based on 197 reviews

Museo del Giocattolo Sciacca

3. Casa Museo del Sapone

Via Cartabubbo 30, 92019, Sciacca, Sicily Italy +39 349 608 7713 [email protected] https://www.casamuseodelsapone.it/en/home-3/
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Casa Museo del Sapone

A soap museum dedicated to the history and science of soap. The museum is an old, restored 19th century building with high ceilings and original stonework. On display, are two old presses and other agricultural tools, typical of South West Sicily. The inspiration to open a soap museum, comes from our experience in making and producing soap and natural cosmetics. We would like to share our passion and knowledge about the history, science and technicalities of soap making, to eveyone interested in learning more about this essential product, which started to be produced in 2800 B.C. All the visits to the museum are guided tours, and at the end of your visit you will have the chance to try our products. We are open ONLY with a reservation, and you may book a tour online or by calling us.

4. Museo del Carnevale di Sciacca

Via Fratelli Bellanca Angolo Via Salvador Allende, 92019, Sciacca, Sicily Italy +39 0925 20111 http://www.museodelcarnevaledisciacca.it
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Museo del Carnevale di Sciacca

5. Il Castello Incantato

via Fondo Bentivegna, 16, 92019, Sciacca, Sicily Italy +39 339 234 0174 [email protected] http://www.sciaccamusei.it
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4.0 based on 553 reviews

Il Castello Incantato

In the western side of Sicily, at the slopes of Mount Kronio, not far from Sciacca, there is the “Enchanted Castle”, that is a wonderful place invented by the creativity of man and nature where, besides olives and almond trees, you can find heads engraved in stone by Filippo Bentivegna, called “Philip of the heads”, a real artist endowed by an excellent creativity, one of the greatest exponents of “art brut” or “outside art”.

6. Casa Museo Scaglione

Piazza Don Giovanni Minzoni, 92019, Sciacca, Sicily Italy +39 0925 20478 [email protected] http://www.sciaccamusei.it/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=7&Itemid=120
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4.0 based on 36 reviews

Casa Museo Scaglione

The House-Museum ”Francesco Scaglione” is a unique istance of an eighteenth century “re-enactment museum”. It is a good example of the illuminated collecting which was flowering all over Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, thanks to the contribution of rich individuals.. The building is next to the cathedral in the old town centre, the same place where the church of Santo Stefano used to stand before it was demolished in the sixteenth century. On the first floor, the largest of the communal rooms looks out on a small garden, while the private rooms offer a good view of the square.

7. Antiquarium di Monte Cronio

Stufe S. Calogero, 92019, Sciacca, Sicily Italy +39 0922 552512 http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/opencms/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/MenuPrincipale/LuoghiDellaCultura/Ricerca/index.html?action=show&idluogo=106093
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3.5 based on 11 reviews

Antiquarium di Monte Cronio

8. Museo del Mare

Via Licata, Sciacca, Sicily Italy
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3.5 based on 11 reviews

Museo del Mare

9. Museo Nocito del Corallo di Sciacca

Via Venezia 8a, 92019, Sciacca, Sicily Italy +39 340 403 8051 [email protected]
Museo Nocito del Corallo di Sciacca

In the center of Sciacca, on the second floor of Palazzo Nocito you can admire the Museum Nocito of Sciacca coral. Ancient jewels, prints and descriptions of those extraordinary events that took place in the mid-nineteenth century and that forever changed the history of coral

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