ANTIQUARIUM ARBORENSE
Giuseppe Pau Archaeological Museum

Piazzetta Corrias
09170 Oristano
Tel. & fax 0783/791262


The Archaeological Museum was started in 1938 when Oristano town council bought the impressive collection from Efisio Pischedda. The collection dates from prehistoric to medieval times.
The museum is arranged on two floors: the floor below is home to temporary exhibitions which change approximately every 6 months, while the floor above, houses the permanent collection. In the first section on this floor you can find prehistoric and nuragic pieces which all come from the Sinis peninsula; in the second section there are Phoenician and Punic urns and relics from tombs dating from 800 - 300 B.C. from the ancient city of Tharros. The third section is home to exibits from the early Roman Christian period and the Early Middle Ages (200 B.C/700 A.D.)
Also worth noting are the works such as the painting of San Martino (XV century), the painting of Christ (1533) and that of the Madonna dei Consiglieri (1565).
Finally you can also see model reconstructions of the city of Tharros in the 4th century A.D. and the city of Oristano in the 14th century A.D.


Opening times:
Every day from 9am to 2pm and from 3pm to 8pm.

Entrance ticket:
3,00 Euro ;1,50 Euro for groups of 10 or more and children from 6-18.
1,00 Euro for over 65s and school trips, children under 6 free.

Guides are included in the price and are available in English, French and Italian.

There are also guided tours of the old parts of Oristano
taking you around the churches, monuments
and historic buildings.
Prices are the same as the museum.