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Museo Civico Archeologico
Opening hours
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
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Egyptian, Roman & Etruscan artifacts fill this archaeological museum housed in a 1400s palazzo.via Google
Located in a Renaissance palace, it features one of the most important Egyptian collections in Europe and rich Etruscan artifacts.
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- Excellent audio guides available; €€ entry fee.
Reviews from Google
Nice museum with extensive exhibitions from stone age till late roman empire. Well preserved and taken care of. Also the atmosphere was calm and quiet.
Great museum full of incredible artifacts. Too bad they are not organized in chronological order and the order of the visit is not clear at all. Simple arrows would do.
This is a decent collection of antiquity, Etruscan, Greek, Gallic and Egyptian artefacts, right in the centre of Bologna. Exhibits range from large statues down to jewellery and religious objects. Most of the exhibits are documented in Italian, of course, although some have English explanations, and Google Translate can help manage the rest. For a €6 basic entry fee, this is very good value.
Today I visited Graphic Japan exhibition... And famous Hokusai works on display were contemporary reproductions! Not original Edo period prints! ...and this was not made sufficiently clear before purchase!
We came to visit on a Wednesday afternoon around 4pm and there wasn’t a wait. Ticket prices weren’t bad, and we were excited to visit the museum because of all the Egyptian artifacts that they have (one of the largest collections in Italy), and was impressed with the amount of items they had overall. During our visit coincided with the heat wave in July. Considering they only had fans to keep it cool, and no AC, it was quite hot inside. We appreciated going to the ground floor for some of the Egyptian artifacts as that was the coldest area of the entire museum. There was about 20 people in total that were there during our visit, which made this the best time to go in our opinion. They also have a very large collection of metals, plasters, and currency. While this is not as large of a museum as other places, and considerably is overlooked by most tourists and tour groups, it makes for a great place to stop in if you have the time. We enjoy the less busyness of this museum compared to other places we visited. I wish there was an audio guide as you go along the museum, or translated signage, which would improve the understand understanding a bit more of what you’re looking at. Unlike other museums, there was no audio guide or pamphlet to articulate the collections.