Museo Archeologico Regionale
Museo Archeologico Regionale
4
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
About
The Regional Archaeological Museum (MAR) is housed in a prestigious historical building built on the foundations of the Roman tower that flanked the northern gate of the city. At first Vaudan Hall, then the seat of the Monastery of the Visitation, founded in 1633, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, after the Napoleonic suppression of the convent, it became the seat of the barracks. The set-up of the Museum, documented by a rich collection of archaeological finds, furnishings and personal artifacts, the result of the excavations conducted for decades on behalf of the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is divided into a chronological path from the ancient phase of the Mesolithic (7000 - 6000 BC) until the seventh century AD. It covers various topics related to religion, daily life and public life.
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Marco F
Alessandria, Italy38 contributions
Dec 2023 • Family
I visited the MAR in Aosta for an anthological exhibition of the painter Casorati. We arrived around 5.20pm (closing at 6pm). Immediately at the checkout they tried to dissuade us from entering, given the little time remaining. We insisted, as with the museum card we would not have paid for entry anyway. There were three of us; me, my wife and my daughter, with our dog (on a leash and with a muzzle available). As unfortunately often happens, dogs are not allowed, which of course I imagined. We only asked if my daughter, less interested in the exhibition, could wait for the half-hour visit of me and my wife, with the dog, in the heated museum hall (it is the end of December, when the sun has set). No way! They made her go out into the cold, with the result that the next day she had a sore throat. . . . They also started sending us out of the exhibition rooms at 5.50pm. And in the rush to close, they didn't even let me go to the bathroom. Terrible staff.
Written December 30, 2023
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Anna
Province of Genoa, Italy35 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
The museum is very interesting, the layout is functional and attractive. There is a though: the archaeological part closes before the rest (at 6:45 pm, they say, actually before) and no one at the entrance suggests you visit that first and then the rest. Too bad, because so the visit is incomplete.
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Written August 10, 2024
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Robynguy
Melbourne, Australia101 contributions
Jun 2018 • Couples
An interesting and poetical journey through Roman archeology, I think. Not sure because most of the signage and information was in Italian and French, with only an occasional and apparently random sign offering English and, somewhat quixotically, 2 or 3 in Braille.
The basement featured quotes by famous people, many English, but happily written in Italian only. They looked very poetic and thought-provoking...
The curators were possibly trying to show the jumble of items of all periods found in a dig, but I was quite surprised to see that Smurfs and Pokémon found a place amongst the Roman artefacts, and yet, there they were, obviously no explanation needed.
My husband paraphrased a quote from “The Pantom Tollbooth” that maybe should be added to the walls at the end of this magical mystery tour: We swam through the sea of knowledge and came out completely dry.
The basement featured quotes by famous people, many English, but happily written in Italian only. They looked very poetic and thought-provoking...
The curators were possibly trying to show the jumble of items of all periods found in a dig, but I was quite surprised to see that Smurfs and Pokémon found a place amongst the Roman artefacts, and yet, there they were, obviously no explanation needed.
My husband paraphrased a quote from “The Pantom Tollbooth” that maybe should be added to the walls at the end of this magical mystery tour: We swam through the sea of knowledge and came out completely dry.
Written June 5, 2018
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GK1959
Centreville, MD255 contributions
Aug 2019 • Couples
Well done and beautifully displayed artifacts on one level with a subterranean archaeological tour below from this Roman site. A four site ticket for only 7 euros makes it easy to walk in lovely and I crowded Aosta. We drove up in under an hour from just over the Piedmontese border where we are staying. Would definitely visit here again.
Written August 30, 2019
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rhyshedges
Oxford, UK418 contributions
Sep 2019 • Couples
This was a well laid out museum which begins in the basement with the foundations of the forum and from there through the Roman history of the town. Labelling however was exclusively Italian and French making it difficult to understand what you are looking at.
Written September 19, 2019
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Conram
Giv'atayim, Israel413 contributions
Sep 2017 • Couples
Aosta was our first stop of the trip to the Aosta Valley. I realized that they had a single 7 euro ticket to 4 sites connected with the Roman past of Aosta, this included this museum as well as:
The Roman Theater remains
The Forum & cryptoporticus
The early Christian Basilica of San Lorenzo
An archeological museum requires a lot of time to truly enjoy as well as an interest in Archeology. Although I have an interest in Archeology, especially treasures of the past, I didn't have much time. There were posters advertising a newly opened permanent exhibition named "Labyrinth of Memories" in the basement of the museum, I decided to start there and see if I wanted more.
It seems that anywhere you dig in the center of Aosta you will find Roman remains. The same is true for the Museum so the basement is partly ancient Roman remains, through these remains there is a twisting turning pathway showing these remains but, it seems with all the the junk found during the digging, and beside each collection there is a quotation from someone famous and sometimes some modern art piece.
I can't be sure about the source of this multi-period junk; it is made up of old containers, old dial phones, old cathode ray TVs and other stuff from the last 3 centuries!
Was it found when they were digging or is it a representation of what was found in the different layers of history from today to the past. The whole thing is explained in Italian only and I have no idea if there is a multi-lingual audio guide to this Labyrinth of Memories. If they had an explanation in English I would have given this attraction a 5-star rating.
If you do not have enough time to visit a Museum or are not interested in Archeology, you have the ticket anyway so just visit the "LABIRINTI di MEMORIE" exhibition
Tip: Best order for seeing all the attractions, included in the single ticket, is to start from the smallest wow factor to the best wow factor:
1 The early Christian Basilica of San Lorenzo
2 The Roman Theater remains
3 MAR - Regional Archaeological Museum
4 Forum and cryptoporticus
The Roman Theater remains
The Forum & cryptoporticus
The early Christian Basilica of San Lorenzo
An archeological museum requires a lot of time to truly enjoy as well as an interest in Archeology. Although I have an interest in Archeology, especially treasures of the past, I didn't have much time. There were posters advertising a newly opened permanent exhibition named "Labyrinth of Memories" in the basement of the museum, I decided to start there and see if I wanted more.
It seems that anywhere you dig in the center of Aosta you will find Roman remains. The same is true for the Museum so the basement is partly ancient Roman remains, through these remains there is a twisting turning pathway showing these remains but, it seems with all the the junk found during the digging, and beside each collection there is a quotation from someone famous and sometimes some modern art piece.
I can't be sure about the source of this multi-period junk; it is made up of old containers, old dial phones, old cathode ray TVs and other stuff from the last 3 centuries!
Was it found when they were digging or is it a representation of what was found in the different layers of history from today to the past. The whole thing is explained in Italian only and I have no idea if there is a multi-lingual audio guide to this Labyrinth of Memories. If they had an explanation in English I would have given this attraction a 5-star rating.
If you do not have enough time to visit a Museum or are not interested in Archeology, you have the ticket anyway so just visit the "LABIRINTI di MEMORIE" exhibition
Tip: Best order for seeing all the attractions, included in the single ticket, is to start from the smallest wow factor to the best wow factor:
1 The early Christian Basilica of San Lorenzo
2 The Roman Theater remains
3 MAR - Regional Archaeological Museum
4 Forum and cryptoporticus
Written October 8, 2017
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Archaeobuff
Sydney, Australia2,033 contributions
Sep 2016 • Solo
The small archaeological museum had a few interesting Roman artefacts but does not loom large in my memory.
Written March 14, 2017
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ReenieFlorida
Florida125 contributions
Jun 2016 • Couples
We almost missed this one. Be sure you don't, if you have any interest at all in local archeology and history. The subterranean exhibit is quite extensive and still being excavated. Other interests include art of the area, personal items, sculptures, and much more. It's free, and air conditioned.
Written July 3, 2016
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RobertGreer
Kutchan-cho, Japan56 contributions
It is small but has some very nice objects. Not much English, but some. Particularly good for children as it has a few interactive objects, remember to open the drawers
Written March 1, 2014
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Pete
Fredericksburg, VA1,200 contributions
May 2023 • Friends
This museum is mostly typical of ancient Roman archaeological museums with one very important exception (the ancient Roman cafe).
There’s an expert in ancient Roman studies within the faculty at Oxford, Mary Beard. She has written several books about ancient Roman history and I loved her discussion of the ancient Roman bar, but also the ancient Roman cafe/market. Big giant clay pots were heated from below and filled with food items. The consumer would cycle through to fill up with all these food and drink products. I don’t know if this cafe exhibit in Aosta, Italy is real or a recreation. There’s a lot of graffiti on the cabinet that would probably help indicate the intended time period. There’s also a good cast iron fireplace. And, this museum also has the standard eating utensils and large blocks of headstones.
Wouldn’t it be very educational and fulfilling to actually tour this museum with an expert, such as Mary Beard?
There’s an expert in ancient Roman studies within the faculty at Oxford, Mary Beard. She has written several books about ancient Roman history and I loved her discussion of the ancient Roman bar, but also the ancient Roman cafe/market. Big giant clay pots were heated from below and filled with food items. The consumer would cycle through to fill up with all these food and drink products. I don’t know if this cafe exhibit in Aosta, Italy is real or a recreation. There’s a lot of graffiti on the cabinet that would probably help indicate the intended time period. There’s also a good cast iron fireplace. And, this museum also has the standard eating utensils and large blocks of headstones.
Wouldn’t it be very educational and fulfilling to actually tour this museum with an expert, such as Mary Beard?
Written May 18, 2023
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