Sinnai, Civic Archaeological Museum and Art Gallery

The museum consists of an archaeological section and the municipal art gallery.
The archaeological exhibition is the result of excavations and surface research conducted from 1994 to today and documents the settlement in the municipal territory from the recent Neolithic to the medieval age.
The finds come almost entirely from the municipal territory and through illustrative panels on the sites of origin, which accompany the visitor throughout the journey, the principle of not decontextualizing objects has been observed. The section dedicated to the excavations carried out on the Santa Itroxia nuraghe and on the protohistoric structures of Bruncu Mogumu, from which a jug and a bowl from the Orientalizing period come from, and of Papalinu, is particularly interesting. Also interesting is a terracotta figurine of the god Bes, from the Punic age, which brings back to votive and cultic contexts probably dedicated to healing deities. An epigraphic fragment, from the early medieval period, where San Saturnino is mentioned, instead offers a glimpse of the saints venerated in the rural agglomeration of Solanas (a hamlet of Sinnai) before the advent of the Vittorine monks in southern Sardinia. The municipal art gallery exhibits some pictorial works by artists operating mostly in the south-eastern Campidano from the 16th century to the contemporary age.

Why it is important to visit it
The visit allows you to reconstruct the overall picture of the settlement events that have characterized and marked the landscape of a large portion of the south-eastern Campidano of Cagliari. The highlight of the collection is the statuette of the god Bes.

Tag

Structure category: museum, gallery and/or collection

Content type: Archaeology

Usability: Open

Province: Cagliari

Common: Sinnai

Macro Territorial Area: South Sardinia

POSTAL CODE: 09048

Address: via Colletta, 20

Telephone: +39 371 4692018

E-mail: info@muasinnai.com socioculturale@pec.comune.sinnai.ca.it

Website: www.muasinnai.com www.muasinnai.com/catalogo-offerta-didattica-2022-2023

Facebook: www.facebook.com/MuASinnai

Instagram: www.instagram.com/muasinnai

Information on tickets and access: To make reservations online and to always have up-to-date information on visiting hours, ticket costs and other cumulative offers, it is recommended to visit the museum's dedicated web page. The admission prices of temporary exhibitions may vary from the ordinary costs of visiting the museum.

Access mode: For a fee

Tickets :

Integer : 5 €, grownups, .

Reduced : 3 €, university students up to 26 years old, over 65 and residing in the town of Sinnai, .

Reduced : 4 €, groups of more than 10 people, .

Freeware : 0 €, Minors up to 6 years of age; people with disabilities and their companion in case of disability involving the latter's assistance, tourist guides with regular registration in the relevant register or register, holders of the I.C.O.M. card., .

Services information: Educational workshops are available, with annual programming, also for kindergarten, primary and first grade secondary schools, related to archaeological, artistic, environmental and ethnological topics.

Other services: The museum structure occasionally promotes competitions and exhibitions, communicating their contents and dates of use on its site.

Update

17/3/2025 - 10:52

Services

Teaching room