Opening hours: see below
Contacts Tel: +39 0577 179 4759; email:
Address Piazza Gino Strada n°2-3, 53035 Abbadia Isola SI
The MaM-Monteriggioni Archaeological Museum is located in the monumental complex of Abbadia Isola, a former monastery founded in 1001 along the Via Francigena. The complex, located a few kilometers from Monteriggioni, is undergoing progressive restoration and is the new cultural hub of the area.
Introduction
The museum is ‘’indoor-outdoor’’. In the outside, it is intended to tell the history of the abbey by special panels and open-air enhancement elements. In the inside, two exhibition areas (La Tinaia and Sala Sigerico) tell the events of the territory of Monteriggioni in a journey back in time, from Middle Ages to Protohistory, through reconstructions, multimedia support, models, panels and findings.
The museum is a project in progress; it is going to be enriched and it will receive rotations of exhibits. The museum is intended for continuous educational activities and for local research.
Museum Heritage
The museum brings together artifacts from prehistoric, Etruscan, Roman and medieval times from the area. The itinerary, with its characteristic à rebours arrangement, begins with the objects excavated in Staggia Castle and continues with personal ornaments recovered from the cloister burial ground of the monastic complex.
The Roman section displays some evidence related to the Rigoni burial ground and, above all, the preserved part of the tomb of Sensano, with the urn of Lucius Sentius.
The Etruscan period is extensively recounted by the grave goods of the tombs investigated between 1892 and 2010 at the Casone: among them special attention is paid to the Calisna Śepu complex.
After an in-depth study of the Late Iron Age village of Campassini, the visit closes with the lithic industry collected in a reconnaissance in 1968 near Lake St. Anthony, referable to a prehistoric station of Homo neanderthalensis.
Opening hours
Daily, 10:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM; closed on Tuesdays.
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Tickets
Combined ticket for M.A.M. (Abbadia Isola) + educational path "Monteriggioni in Arme" (Monteriggioni)
The circuit is part of the "Fondazione Musei Senesi" and adheres to
»FMS card. The card offers concessions in the network of member museums and is available at our ticket offices.
Activities
- Educational offerings and guided tours
In the attached brochure the educational offer for schools with the various types of workshops and guided tours.
»Brochure educational offerings - Sienese Museums for Alzheimer's
Through the Fondazione Musei Senesi, MAM joins "Musei Senesi per l'Alzheimer", with initiatives dedicated to the inclusion of the most fragile audiences. Below are the brochures produced on the occasion of activities at the museum.
1. Storie nella storia
2. Storie MaM
3. Storie MaM 2
4. Storie MaM 3 - Events organization
Services
- Conference room
- Nursery
- Cafeteria
