Things to do in Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia: The Best Museums

The Iglesiente is one of the most important mining areas in Italy, especially for lead, zinc and silver minerals. The development of the mining industry and the need for qualified personnel led to the foundation of the Mining School in Iglesias in 1871. In 1934 the students were engaged into excavating some tunnels in the basement of the school. In the Museum of Mining Art, the APIMMG (Mining Surveyors & Mining Geotechnicians Association) has recreated some typical environments and displayed a collection of mining tools and machinery, original laboratory equipment, models used for educational purposes in the school and a huge quantity of archival documents and photographs. By walking through the galleries and visiting the exhibitions under the guidance of the Association experts, everyone can experience unique sensations and get a deeper insight into the human, social and scientific aspects of the mining era in Iglesiente .

Il Sito Minerario di Su Zurfuru apre esclusivamente su prenotazione. Tutti i Giorni con orari 09.30/13.00 - 16.00/18.00.

Sa Domu de Su Linu is a didactic laboratory where you can see the traditional flax processing, from the seed to the weaving of traditional and design tapestry. Arianna Pintus, the owner, will introduce you to this ancient art and will show you the various parts of the processing, including carding and spinning. If you want you can also try weaving or spinning.

ne Giuseppefraugallery è un collettivo di artisti con sede in un villaggio minerario nel Sud-Ovest della Sardegna (Gonnesa). Eleonora Di Marino, Pino Giampà, Roberto Casti, Riccardo Oi e Davide Porcedda mettono in relazione le problematiche peculiari del territorio più povero d’Italia con quelle specifiche dei codici, dei linguaggi, delle dinamiche della ricerca artistica e di altre emergenze del contemporaneo. Sperimentano nuove forme di resilienza mettendo in campo una serie di opere e azioni di arte pubblica e sociale, che spesso attraversano i confini dell’azionismo politico, sociale e ambientale. Il collettivo realizza inoltre una serie di dispositivi per la produzione, la promozione e la divulgazione dell'arte contemporanea.

The Museum of Sulcitani Paleontological Environments “E. A. Martel” (PAS/Martel) is a naturalist museum dedicated to the Geology and Palaeontology of Sulcis-Iglesiente. It is housed in the former workshop of the Great Mine of Serbariu. Founded in 1972 by the Speleological Research Group E.A. Martel of Carbonia, it became the Civic Museum in 1996. The Museum focuses on bio-events, geo-events and ancient environments recorded in the rocks found in the south-west of Sardinia, especially its fossils.

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.