Top 10 History Museums in Sardinia, Italy

Castrum romano La Crucca is an interesting rebuilding I -II century AD roman fort. A wooden structure set on earthwork,visitors get a clear picture of camp structure and how roman soldiers lived within it.

The picturesque village of Allai in the historic region of Barigàdu, in the central-western part of Sardinia, is home to a museum (CIMA) which is the centre of the cultural life of the community. The historic building, that is traditionally named “Casa Saba”, is the heart of the multimedia museum system: here you will discover a typical house of the village and you will be guided through a time-travel, from prehistory to Middle Ages. This is just the beginning of a journey that will let you discover the rural life of Allai which is still alive in the memory of elderly people. The big millstone for the mastic oil and all the tools which were necessary to its work recall the daily activities of the hard work in the fields, bread-making, farming, harvesting and weaving. Allai will be the mean to get to know not only the lifestyle and the history of the village itself, but of a whole territory.

Exhibition of Nuragic Archeology to discover the thousand-year history of the village of Lu Brandali, with objects found during excavations, 3D viewers, tactile audio experiences. Fully translated also in English and French and in Braille, also suitable for people with physical and motor disabilities.

The Archaeological Museum is part of the National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari, a MiC institute with special autonomy since 2019. The Museum is located in the ancient Castello district within the Citadel of Museums which was built between 1956 and 1979 designed by architects Libero Cecchini and Piero Gazzola with the recovery of the royal arsenal and medieval walls. The archaeological collection includes over 4,000 artifacts that tell a long history of almost 7,000 years, from prehistoric times to the early Middle Ages, from Neolithic mother goddesses to Nuragic bronzes, from Phoenician and Punic jewels to Byzantine cult objects.

The museum is the heart of the Museum System of the town of Carbonia and is the centre of an entire chain of cultural heritage: from excavations to cataloguing, from exhibitions to diffusion. Owned by the Municipality of Carbonia for research on the extraordinary Nuraghe Sirai and renovated in 2008 to give its current structure, it exhibits the finds of excavations carried out at numerous sites in the area: the shelter of Su Carroppu, the Domus de janas necropoli of Monte Crobu and Cannas di Sotto and Locci Santus, the main archaeological area of Monte Sirai – Nuraghe Sirai, which has become the largest Archaeological Park in the Sulcis region. The extremely informative arrangement of the rooms is the ideal background for the numerous educational workshops and services the Museum offers schools.