Museo Nazionale GA Sanna

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The museum building
Nuragic settlement
Oil lamps with menorah
Tombstones of Tophet

The Museo Nazionale GA Sanna on Via Roma in Sassari on Sardinia primarily shows archaeological finds that were made at the beginning of the 19th century during excavations at the site of the Roman colony Turris Libyssonis, today's Porto Torres, or come from private collections and donations.

Since the decree of 1878 on the establishment of the Royal Antiquarium part of the museum next to the archaeological materials, a comprehensive 250 paintings Pinakothek that the Museum of Senator Giovanni Antonio Sanna was left (1819-1875). Further acquisitions were made in the following 50 years. The purchase of the property on which the museum complex is located in 1931 is significant. With the decree of 1931, the establishment of the Royal Museum of Antiquities and Art, GA Sanna, was finally set up in a specially constructed building. Since then there has been a significant increase in the archaeological and ethnographic departments. In the latter, mainly through the donation of the Zely Bertolio and Gavino Clemente (1861–1947) collections.

In 1973 the museum, organized according to modern criteria, was reopened; The ethnographic material and the art gallery are housed in one wing. The other rooms are available for the archaeological material, which is continuously enriched by the excavations carried out by the State Antiquities Administration established in 1958.

concept

All archaeological museums, including the museum in Sassari , were created due to regional interests. This concept applies to almost all museums that have been set up by the Archaeological Administration of Antiquities. Accordingly, the type of presentation and illustration of the finds from excavations is tied to the territory.

The concept of the "integrated tour" consists in using all possible aids for more in-depth knowledge. The museum and the main archaeological sites of the "Integrated Tour" concept, which are also controlled from the Museum in Sassari, are:

The project of the tour is based on the Sanna Museum and aims to encourage visits to archaeological sites, to facilitate their visit and to explain them. All cultural and tourist attractions are included in the circular route. The project is part of a European program called "Misura 5" by the tourism department.

literature

  • Fulvia Lo Schiavo: The Archaeological Museum "Giovanni Antonio Sanna". Sassari 1998 ISBN 88-86210-25-6

Coordinates: 40 ° 43 ′ 21.6 "  N , 8 ° 34 ′ 2.3"  E