Lípari - Archeological Museum Museo Archeologico
The Archeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Eóliano, Via Castello) in Lípari is accommodated in two buildings on either side of the cathedral and two smaller houses. The building to the right of the cathedral contains the prehistoric collection, the left building the classical section.
On display are finds from the Aeolian Islands and from Milazzo, which have been excavated since 1950. The exhibits go back to the Neolithic period (from the fifth millennium B.C. up to the end of the third), when obsidian tools from Lípari were already being exported to the Italian mainland.
On display are finds from the Aeolian Islands and from Milazzo, which have been excavated since 1950. The exhibits go back to the Neolithic period (from the fifth millennium B.C. up to the end of the third), when obsidian tools from Lípari were already being exported to the Italian mainland.
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The main feature of the collection is the collection of ceramic finds from graves dating from the sixth century B.C. up to the A.D. third century, thus belonging to both the Greek and Roman periods.
Things to See
Classical Section
The classical section which now follows comprises Rooms 18 to 25, Rooms 22-25 being situated on the upper story of the building. The following can be seen: reconstructions, including that of a grave from the Ausonio civilization; finds from Greek and Roman necropolises on Lípari; stone sarcophagi and terracotta from the sixth-fourth centuries B.C.; gravestones and stelae; ash urns and large vases. A special attraction are the vases of the "Lípari painter" (first half, third century B.C.); the Attic bowl with red figures of the painter Pan (480-470 B.C.); Sicilian-Greek ceramics and bowls with mythical motifs, including that of Hippolytus: Hippolytus driving a quadriga with wild horses; these are frightened by a sea monster, the carriage tips over and Hippolytus is buried under it. Other motifs include that of the wedding of Hercules; bowls from Paestum by the painter of Assteas with mythological scenes from the middle of the fourth century B.C.; a very extensive collection of clay statuettes, which depict characters from the Middle and New Comedy (fourth-third centuries B.C.). Rooms 26 and 27: here finds are on display from underwater archeology which has taken place in the area of the Aeolian Islands.
First Floor
A visit begins in the former bishop's palace, dating from the 18th century, to the right of the cathedral, on the first floor.
Room 1: ceramics painted in two and three colors from the first two phases of the Neolithic period (fifth-fourth millennia B.C.).
Rooms 2 and 3: finds from the third and fourth phase (fourth-third millennia B.C.) of the Neolithic period, painted ceramics with spiral motives; red-colored ceramics of the Diana and Serra d'Alto civilizations.
Room 4: finds from the Copper Age of the Piano-Conte civilization (third millennium B.C.).
Room 5: late Bronze Age, Piano-Quartara civilization (second half, third millennium B.C.).
Room 6: finds from the area around Milazzo, from Capo Graziano (2000-1400 B.C.) and ceramics imported from the Egeis (1400-1250 B.C.).
Room 1: ceramics painted in two and three colors from the first two phases of the Neolithic period (fifth-fourth millennia B.C.).
Rooms 2 and 3: finds from the third and fourth phase (fourth-third millennia B.C.) of the Neolithic period, painted ceramics with spiral motives; red-colored ceramics of the Diana and Serra d'Alto civilizations.
Room 4: finds from the Copper Age of the Piano-Conte civilization (third millennium B.C.).
Room 5: late Bronze Age, Piano-Quartara civilization (second half, third millennium B.C.).
Room 6: finds from the area around Milazzo, from Capo Graziano (2000-1400 B.C.) and ceramics imported from the Egeis (1400-1250 B.C.).
Lower Floor
Room 7: finds from the Late Bronze Age, the beginning of the Ausonio civilization (1250-1150 B.C.), as well as from the necropolis of Piazza Monfalcone (1150-1050 B.C.).
Rooms 8 and 9: ceramics from Sardinia; finds from the end of the Bronze Age and the end of the Ausonio civilization (up to 850 B.C.); ceramics from Hellenic, Roman and medieval periods; sacred objects made of terracotta (fourth-third centuries B.C.); worth seeing is the Bothros of Eolos, a container for sacred objects, made of lava stone (550 B.C.).
In the adjoining garden is the epigraphic pavilion which counts as Room 10 and where Greek and Roman inscriptions and tomb stelae are on display.
Rooms 8 and 9: ceramics from Sardinia; finds from the end of the Bronze Age and the end of the Ausonio civilization (up to 850 B.C.); ceramics from Hellenic, Roman and medieval periods; sacred objects made of terracotta (fourth-third centuries B.C.); worth seeing is the Bothros of Eolos, a container for sacred objects, made of lava stone (550 B.C.).
In the adjoining garden is the epigraphic pavilion which counts as Room 10 and where Greek and Roman inscriptions and tomb stelae are on display.
Pavilion of the Small Islands
In the pavilion of the small islands, opposite the bishop's palace, in Rooms 11-15 there are finds from the remaining Aeolian Islands on display.
To the north of the cathedral the finds from the necropolises of Lípari and Milazzo are displayed.
Rooms 16 and 17: finds from the 14th-eighth centuries B.C. from Milazzo.
To the north of the cathedral the finds from the necropolises of Lípari and Milazzo are displayed.
Rooms 16 and 17: finds from the 14th-eighth centuries B.C. from Milazzo.
Vulcanological Section
Near the pavilion of the smaller islands there is a self-contained vulcanological section.
