Italy Guide
Sicily
Museo Archeologico Regionale
Address: Via Bara All'Olivella, 24
Opening time: Tues– Sat 8.30am–1.45pm, Sun & Mon 8.30am–6.45pm
Price: €6
The Museo Archeologico Regionale has a magnificent collection of finds, mainly from western Sicily, displayed on three floors. Two cloisters hold anchors and other retrieved hardware from the sea off the Sicilian coast, while there are also Egyptian and Punic remains and Roman sculpture – notably a giant enthroned Zeus. The highlight however are the finds from the temples of Selinunte, notably the vivid fifth-century BC sculpted panels from Temples C and F – such as Perseus beheading the Medusa with a short sword. Upstairs is a glistening, muscular study of Hercules subduing a stag, found at Pompeii while on the top floor are beautifully preserved Roman mosaics.