Welcome to the Museum of Archaeology
1820-2020 In 1818 Pietro Vittorio Aldini participated in the competition for the first chair of Archaeology at the University of Pavia, won the appointment the following year and in 1820 founded the Museum of Archaeology.
The Museum of Archaeology
The Museum exhibits different classes of materials, representative of various civilizations and periods, from prehistory to the seventeenth century, in accordance with the didactic-scientific principle established from the beginning by its founder.
The architectural container
The Museum is housed in the Sala della Crociera of the 15th century San Matteo Hospital and preserves 4 sections of the original wooden ceiling and a baroque dome dating back to 1770, built to give more light and air to the patients.
Aphrodite Sosandra
The Museum preserves a Roman copy of the 2nd century A.D. of the highest quality of the head of the Aphrodite Sosandra. The bronze original by the sculptor Calamides ( about 460 B.C.) was in the Propylaea of the Acropolis in Athens.
1820-2020, the Museum turns 200 years old
Happy Birthday Museum! Best wishes! Ad meliora et maiora semper!
Helpful information
Events calendar
In this section you will find all our initiatives and special openings
Tickets and hours
Tickets and reductions
Where we are
Opening days and hours and the map to reach us
Educational services
Our educational tours for schools and groups of visitors
News
7 October 2023 – Inauguration of the exhibition ‘Time’ by Alex Pinna
From 7 October to 18 November 2023, the Museum of Archaeology of the University of Pavia will host Time, a solo exhibition by Alex Pinna, Artist and Lecturer in Sculpture at the Brera […]
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16 September 2023: the statue of Saint Augustine, Protector of the University of Pavia
Special opening of the Museum of Archaeology of the Pavia University Museum System:
Saturday 16 September 2023, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
STATUE OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, PROTECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA, meeting point […]
15 July 2023 Museum of Archaeology – Music at the University, homage to the Muse Euterpe
Special opening of the Museum of Archaeology of the Pavia University Museum System:
Saturday 15 July 2023, 10am-6pm.
Music at the University, Homage to the Muse Euterpe: appointment in the Museum at 4 p.m.
Under the […]
3 July 2023 at 4 p.m. – Exhibition opening: Life drawings at the Museum of Archaeology
Having reached the end of their PCTO experience of Copying from Life (Alternanza Scuola/Lavoro) at the Museum of Archaeology, high school students Amelia Aschieri, Francesco Pampanin, Laila Balot and Matilde Perrone will be […]
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22 June 2023 7.30-11.30 p.m. – MuseiDiVini
Once again this year, the Museum of Archaeology will take part in the MuseiDiVini event: the museum will open from 7.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. and will offer a tour guided by Curator […]
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17 June 2023, 10-6 p.m. – Restoration: ongoing activities on stone materials and plaster casts
Special opening of the Museum of Archaeology of the Pavia University Museum System:
Saturday 17 June 2023, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Restoration: activities in progress, meeting in the Museum at 4 p.m.
At the end […]
20 May 2023, 4 p.m. – Treasure hunt – BambInFestival / 5 p.m. Finissage exhibition “Libri d’artista” (“Artist’s books”)
Special opening of the Museum of Archaeology of the University Museum System of Pavia: Saturday 20 May 2023, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
4 p.m. – Museum visit and Treasure Hunt – BambInFestival, reservation […]
Art Meetings – Creativity of Yesterday and Today – ARTIST’S BOOKS Vernissage Saturday, April 15, 2023, 4 p.m.
Art Encounters – Creativity of Yesterday and Today.
Contemporary artists exhibit at the Museum of Archaeology of the University of Pavia
Museum System: ARTIST’S BOOKS.
Vernissage Saturday, April 15, 2023, 4 p.m. – finishes on Saturday, […]
The Discovery of the Wooden Ceiling of the old San Matteo Hospital, Saturday, March 23, 2023 4 p.m.
On Saturday, March 18, 2023, the Museum of Archaeology of the Pavia Ateneo Museum System will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. At 4 p.m., meet at the Museum for a […]
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March 8, 2023: Happy Women’s Day with the “Let’s Point the Heels” Exhibition & Performance
The Curator of the Museum of Archaeology, Anna Letizia Magrassi Matricardi, has contributed to the preparation of the temporary exhibition “Let’s Point the Heels” which will be on display until Sunday, March 12, […]
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