Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia

The Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia or Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria is a museum in Reggio Calabria in Calabria in southern Italy.

After the earthquake of 1908 Paolo Orsi wanted to merge the existing Museo Civico and the State Collections with the finds from archaeological researches in Calabria. It was findings of the research of the past 160 years. There were find from the excavations of the Duke of Luynes and up to the excavations of Paolo Orsi it.

The museum building is located in Reggio Calabria on the Piazza De Nava. It was designed in 1932 by Marcello Piacentini and completed by 1942. Because of the war, the building could not be used. In 1954, the museum was opened. The building has a square base and four floors. Since 1981 there is the issue of archeology under water, since 1982 an exhibition of artefacts from the colonies in Calabria.

The Museum

The four floors are various exhibitions.

Basement

In the basement, the exhibition archeology is underwater. In the hall I, finds are from the seas around Calabria. You can see the anchor and amphora from Greek and Roman times. In Room II is artefacts are from a Porticello in the 5th century BC shipwreck.

In Room III are the bronze statues of Riace Riace found in 1972 in the sea. Next here is the head of the philosophers from Porticello and a ruler of the 5th century BC

Ground floor

The ground floor has 15 rooms. Here finds find out the level of Sibari, grave goods from different centuries. Focus on the ground floor are finds and exhibits from Locri. Thus, a reconstruction of a cave tomb and objects from the Persephone sanctuary in Manella is issued. Next here are the Pinakes and small altars from these findings.

Further, artifacts found at Locri from the Sanctuary of Marasa.

First floor

On the first floor there are 20 rooms. Here are the finds from the area of ​​Reggio Calabria. Thus Fund is from the monastery Griso - Laboccetta. Next are located in the first floor of an ash grave in the 6th century BC and found objects from the monastery on Via Reggio Campi and the area around the city wall.

On the first floor there is also the Numismatic Department of the Museum. On display are Greek, brood tables and Roman coins that were minted in the Magna Graecia and Sicily.

Second floor

On the second floor art of the Middle Ages are to the modern day. So here is to find paintings by Antonello da Messina as the penitent Jerome. Next here is the picture of Mattia Preti, The Return of the Prodigal Son.