National Archaeological Museum of Chiavari
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| OPENING HOURS | TICKET |
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tuesday-wednesday-friday-saturday 9am-2pm thursday 9am-5pm every second sunday of the month 9am-5pm |
€ 4 general admission*
* ticket cost variation based on Legislative Decree 1 June 2023, No. 61 |
| OUR LOCATION | CONTACTS |
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| Via Costaguta 4 16043 Chiavari GE |
drm-lig.museochiavari@cultura.gov.it +39 0185 320829 |
DIRECTIONS AND PARKING ACCESSIBILITY |
OUR HISTORY
The Museum, inaugurated in 1985, is housed in the premises once used as stables of Palazzo Rocca (17th century) in the historic center of Chiavari and preserves archaeological finds and testimonies from the Chiavari area.
The museum exhibition deals with the archaeological evidence that emerged during the investigations carried out since the middle of the last century in Corso Millo. Here, in 1959, an cremation burial ground dating back to the 7th century BC came to light. which still remains today in Italy, one of the most relevant testimonies of the early Iron Age.
The monumental burial ground was divided into three sectors, within which 92 both circular and rectangular enclosures enclosed the so-called “box tombs” which sometimes contained a single burial, other times double and in exceptional cases multiple.
The 126 box tombs contained cinerary urns with numerous different and emblematic grave goods according to sex and social role.
The attribution to individuals of female or male gender is assumed on the type of objects. The women’s kits are characterized by the presence of ornamental objects and elements of gold bronze and silver clothing: bracelets, rings, brooches, earrings, belts and studs.
The male outfits are instead recognizable by the presence of iron weapons, mostly spears, but also daggers and knives.
In the box tombs were often found olle (containers for food), glasses and cups probably that were probably used during the libations of the funeral ritual.
The monumental nature of the cemetery and the richness of the necropolis’ tombs indicate that a prosperous community was to live in Chiavari and dedicated to maritime and land trade.
The continuity of these trade exchanges is also evidenced by an Etruscan amphora of wine, dating from about 500 BC and coming from a ship wrecked in the Ligurian Sea.
In the layers below the necropolis, a considerable deposit was found consisting of fragments of large ceramic containers, datable to the final stages of the Bronze Age (between the 13th and 10th centuries BC); these provide valuable information on the life prior the construction of the necropolis, when a nautical landing place must have been present in this area overlooking the sea.
The museum exhibition is completed by the specialized archaeological library which, with a wealth of over 3000 volumes and magazines in the sector, offers support to students, researchers and scholars.
STAFF
Director| Antonella Traverso
The fruition, reception and surveillance services are guaranteed by
Elisa Celsomino
Sergio Cuneo
Damiano Parmiggiani
Fabiola Sivori
Marcello Emilio Tomassini
Elena Valenzano
SUGGESTIONS AND COMPLAINTS
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DOCUMENTS
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| by train Get off at the CHIAVARI station. Continue on foot (550m). At the exit of the railway station, turn right onto Corso GB Assarotti. Turn left and take via Davide Gagliardo for 250m. Turn right and take Via Rivarola. Turn left (50m) and take Vicolo della Torre. Turn right (10m) and take via Costaguta. The museum is located on the ground floor of Palazzo Rocca. |
by car From Genoa. Take the A12 motorway towards Livorno. Continue for 35 km. Take the Chiavari exit. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit to merge onto via Fiume. Continue on Corso Montevideo for 300m, turn left and take Corso GB Assarotti (SS1). Possibility of parking, in Corso Assarotti, or parking on the street (for a fee), turning left into Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi. Continue on foot on Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi. Continue until the intersection with via Costaguta. The museum is located on the ground floor of Palazzo Rocca. |
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