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Museo Civico Archeologico
Archaeological Museum
address
phone +39 051/2757211 fax +39 051/266516
e-mail
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Head of the Lemnan Athena
statue, a copy of Phidias’
original statue, late 1st century
BC/early 1st century AD
Atrium of the Museum,
formerly the Church of Santa
Maria della Morte
Pre-history section
Limestone bas-relief depicting
Nubian prisoners, from
Saqqara, tomb of Horemheb,
18th dynasty, reign of
Tutankhamun, 1332-1323 BC.
museo civico
a�Cheologico
bologna
Via dell’Archiginnasio, 2 Bologna
40124 BO
mca@comune.bologna.it
www.comune.bologna.it/museoarcheologico
Archaeological Museum of Bologna is located next to Piazza
Maggiore in the 15th century Palazzo Galvani, formerly known as
Ospedale della Morte (Hospital of Death). Its patrimony is made
up first and foremost by the extensive collections of material
documenting Bologna’s archaeology from pre-history to the
Roman era, highlighted by numerous Etruscan grave goods
from the Villanovan and Felsinian eras.
Major collections are on display in the Etruscan-Italic, Greek,
Roman, and Egyptian sections. The latter features over 3,500
items, including masterpieces such as the bas-relief from
the tomb of the Pharaoh Horemheb, and is one of the most
important such collections in Europe.
The museum also has a large numismatic collection, with over
100,000 coins and medals.
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