BITTI
(prov. Nuoro): Multimedia Museum of the
Canto a
Tenores. Dedicated to the
iconic song form of Sardinia and one that is
on UNESCO list of "Masterpieces of the
Oral and Intangible Heritage of
Humanity."
tel. +39 0784
414314 and 333 3211346
BORONEDDU
(prov. Oristano):
Museum of Sardinian Fables. Near lake
Omodeo. Puppet theater and painted displayS
of the rich and largely unknown world of the
Sardinian fairy-tale.
tel.: +39 348
3943842.
BURGOS (prov. Sassari): Museum of
the Castles of Sardinia. On the premises of
a restored castle, this museum of castles
displays coastal fortifications at the time
of the Spanish in Sardinia; also, a
photographic display on the theme of
castles. tel.+
39 079 793705 or
cell. 3494487275.
CAGLIARI: The
Cittadella
Museum Complex. Opened in the 1990s, the
Cittadella includes the Archaeological
Museum, the National Art galery, the
"Susini" museum of anatomical wax figures,
and the Museum of Siamese Art. The complex
is on the site of the ex-Royal Arsenal, the
Cittadella.
tel. +39 070 684000
• Also in Cagliari, the Museum of the
Genovese Archconfraternity, collection of
sacred art, an historic-artistic
testimony from the foundation of the
organization in the late 16th century.
• Also in Cagliari, Railway Museum, on the
premises of the Monserrato station. Opened
in 1996. Dedicated to the history of the
construction of the narrow-guage railway
system in Sardinia.
tel.
+39 070 580246
CAPRERA (prov.
Olbia-Tempio) The
Garibaldi Museum. On the premises of the
home of Italy's greatest national hero
on the small island of Caprera in the
Maddalena archipelago.
tel.
+39 0789 727162 & 0789 726015
CARBONIA (prov.
Carbonia-Iglesias) Villa Sulcis
Archeaological Museum, Opened in 1988.
Contains material from the Neolithic as well
as Byzantine periods. Most materials from
the area of Carbonia, in the SW of the
island. tel.
+39 0781-63512
.
Museum
website
here.
•Also in Carbonia, Coal Mining Mueum. The
history of coal mining, the most important
industry in this part of the island for many
years. Includes underground tours and photo
exhibit.
tel. +39 0781 670591
& 0781 62727.
IGLESIAS
(prov. Carbonia-Iglesias)
Museum of Mineralogoy and the Mining Arts.
The area was the main
mining area on the
island, and this is an industrial
museum.
tel. +39 0781 350037.
Website
here.
LACONI
(prov. Oristano):
Menhir
Museum. Menhir means "tall stones." They are
prehistoric
megaliths found throughout many parts
of Europe (such as at Stonehenge, perhaps
the most famous example). The museum is on
the premises of the city hall. They have a
website
here.
tel.
+39 0782866216 - 0782866202
NUORO:
Museum of Sardinian Life and Popular
Traditions. Seven sections, 8000 items on
display. The most complete exhibit of
Sardinian ethnography in existence. tel.
+39
0784 258088 and 0784 24290
•Also, in Nuoro, the
Grazia Deledda
museum, on the premises of her birthplace
and childhood home.
tel. +39
0784 258088 and 0784 24290
•Also near Nuoro, the
Mamoiada Museum of
Masks.
tel. +39 0784
569018
•Also in Nuoro, Art Museum for the
Province. Display of 200 works of Sardinia
aretists of the 20th century.
tel.
+39 0784 252110.
OLBIA:
National Archaeological Museum, on the small
island of Peddone near the port. Displays of
Roman ships recently discovered. It opened
in 2003 and is a multipurpose civic hall.
website here
ORGOSOLO
(prov. Nuoro): Mural Museum, in
which many of the town walls are given over
to political murals done in the 1960s and
since.
tel. +39 0784 401069 &
400901.
ORISTANO:
Antiquarium Arborense. Documents the three
important periods in the history of the
city: the Phonecian-Punic period (with
exhibits on nearby
Tharros;
the period of
Eleonora
d'Arborea; and Catalonia domination.
tel.
+39 0783 791262 Website
here.
ORTACESUS
(prov. Cagliari): Grain
museum. An entire town dedicated to the
history and tradtions of grain cultivation.
Extremely well-equipped. As well, the town
was the site of a documentary film on the
"launeddas," a typical Sardinian
folk musical
instrument.
tel. +39 070
9819027
SANLURI
(prov.Medio Campodano)
Eleonora'd'Arborea Castle and Museum of the
Risorgimento.
Restored castle and the only survivor of
some 80 castles from the period of the
giudicati. Since
1927 a museum of the historyof the Italian
Risorgimento. tel. +39 070 9307105
SAN
SPERATE (prov. Cagliari):
Mural Museum. The walls of the entire town
are decorated with about 220 murals by
Italian and foreign artists, depicting rural
life.
tel. +39 070 960401 &
96040207
SIDDI
(prov. Medio Campidano) the
"casa Steri" Museum of traditional food and
agriculture. An old farmhouse and other
buildings and equipment display how famers
used to work the land they lived on in
south-central Sardinia.
tel. +39 070
9341028 or cell. 349 6304621
• Also in Siddi: Ornithology Museum of
Sardinia. About 200 examples of birds,
representing about 95% of the fauna of the
island, both permanent and migratory.
Smaller sections devoted to Sardinian
mammals.
tel. +39 070 939888
TADASUNI
(prov. Oristano) The
«Don Giovanni Dore» Museum of
Music Folk Instruments of Sardinia, on the
premises of the parish house, a collection
of 500 folk instruments.
tel. +39 0785 50113
TEMPIO
PAUSANIA (prov.
Olbia-Tempio) Cork Museum,
a complete look at the history of cork
harvesting and the equipment used. The
cork industry
remains an important one is the area.
tel.
+39 079
672269 and 070 672200
TORRALBA
(prov. Sassari): Museum of
the Valley of the Nuraghi.
Nuraghi are
prehistoric stone dwellings and are iconic
of the island. The museum was founded in
1988. Two floors with a section on
archaeology as well as ethnography.
tel.
+39 079 847298 or 079 847296
VILLANOVAFORU:
(prov. Medio Campidano) South
of Oristano, the Genna Maria Archaeological
Museum displays materials from the
excavations of a nearby Nuraghic village.
tel. +39 070 9300050 or 070 9300048
