Museo nazionale della Valcamonica

The Museo nazionale della Valcamonica is an archaeological museum located in the town of Cividate Camuno (Province of Brescia), which has a collection of Roman-period finds from various excavations which took place mostly in the 17th century in Val Camonica.

National Museum of Valcamonica
Museo nazionale della Valcamonica
Museum interior
LocationVia Roma 29, Cividate Camuno, Italy
Coordinates45°56′35″N 10°16′10″E
TypeArchaeological museum
WebsiteOfficial website

Organization of the Collection

The museum is divided into four sections:

  • Territory - with finds from the Roman conquest in 16 BC
  • City - with a reconstruction of ancient Civitas Camunnorum
  • Religion - including a statue of Minerva, one of three copies in existence and perhaps the best one, of the Athena Hygieia of Athens (original of the 5th century BC)
  • Necropolis - with finds recovered from various sites in Val Camonica

The objects on display mostly come from Cividate Camuno, but there are also items from the Sanctuary of Minerva in Breno.

  • Tankard of the type "Dos dell'Arca"
  • Statue of Minerva Hygeia
  • Inscription referring to the Roman tribe of Quirina in Valle Camonica (QVIR)
  • Headless statue of an emperor

See also
  • "Civitas Camunnorum - Archeologia, storia, turismo del comune di Civdate Camuno". Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved April 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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