Top 10 Specialty Museums in Province of Oristano, Sardinia

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

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

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).

The Casa Deriu Museum in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 59 tells the story of life in a noble house in the heart of the city of Bosa. Refurbished in 1838, the House retains the original furnishings, the spaces intended for the servants, and the linen with embroidery and filet, the pride of the Bosa artisans. The house is spread over three levels. The first floor is reserved for temporary exhibitions. The noble floor, the manor house, is an intact example of a nineteenth-century house for high-income families, in use until a recent past with largely original furnishings. The circular path goes through the living room, the bedroom, the walk-in closet (wardrobe), the dining room. The servants' lodgings are still present and undergoing restoration. Also on display are 18 works from the Capuchin Convent of Bosa and belonging to the Fund for religious buildings: oil paintings on canvas and polychrome wooden statues. On the third floor there is a precious collection of works by Melchiorre Melis

The Tanneries are a symbol of proto-industrial archeology of Sardinia. The Museo delle Conce was built in one of the best-preserved buildings dating back to 1700. Some buildings still stand along the left bank of the Temo, the row alignment of the factories is one of the most famous images of Bosa. The path shows the processing techniques. The visitor can walk on the glass surface that covers the original tanks and identify with the hard daily toil of the workers immersed in water and lime, intent on manipulating the fresh leathers, until obtaining the highest quality productions that they made, for almost a century, of town of Bosa, the capital of tanneries in Italy and abroad.