Location: Province of Oristano
Top Things to do in Province of Oristano
Things to do in Province of Oristano, Sardinia: The Best Museums
The province of Oristano (Italian: provincia di Oristano, Sardinian: provìntzia de Aristanis) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Oristano. It has an area of 3,040 square kilometres (1,170 sq mi), a total population of 160,746 (2016), and a population density of 53.7 people per square kilometer. There are 78 municipalities (comuni) in the province).
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1. Museo Parc - Museo Paleontologico, Archeologico e Laboratorio didattico
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5.0 based on 97 reviews
The Palaeo Archaeologic Centre is a new concept museum; it is dynamic and very close to the surrounding territory. The Centre is divided by three sections:“Paleontological”: it is dedicated to the fossils of Genoni territory“Archaeological”: you can admire the reconstruction of the deepest well of Sardinia“Didactic”: the laboratory, where theory becomes practice
2. Museo Diocesano Di Arte Sacra
3. Museo del Cavallino della Giara
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5.0 based on 23 reviews
The Giara Horse Museum has the role of gathering past testimonies of its host town, Genoni, by focusing on real-life experiences and knowledge, deeply rooted in the historical memory of its population and preserved in material objects, work, anecdotes and the environment. It is the historical memory of a community whose course has always been accompanied by the presence of the Giara horse, like a
4. Geomuseo Monte Arci
5. Mostra Permanente sulla Storia dell'Arma dei Carabinieri e Centro di Ricerca e Documentazione
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5.0 based on 8 reviews
6. Pinacoteca Carlo Contini
7. Ci.M.A. Civico Museo Allai
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5.0 based on 23 reviews
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.
8. Antiquarium Arborense
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4.5 based on 64 reviews
The Antiquarium Arborense, founded in 1938, is the most important museum in the province of Oristano, dedicated to the famous scholar Giuseppe Pau: it shows a large number of archaeological discoveries which date back to different ages (Neolithic, Nuragic, Punic and Roman period), coming from the city of Tharros and the Sinis Peninsula. The Museum houses an important picture gallery, with the surviving panels of three retables (painted multi-panel altarpieces): the retable of Saint Martin, the retable of the Holy Christ and the retable of the Councillors of Oristano. On the first floor, the museum hosts a miniature model of Tharros and a miniature model of Oristano. The Antiquarium Arborense is the only museum in Sardinia with a section for blind and visually impaired people. Guided tours in the Museum and in the historical centre of the city of Oristano are available in English, French and Spanish language (booking is required).
9. Museo del Costume e della tradizione del lino
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
10. Museo della Tecnologia Contadina "Maestro Francesco Salis"
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