Chiusi National Archelogical Museum
Address:Via Porsenna 93
53043 Chiusi [Siena- Italy]
Tel:. + 39 0578-20177

The archeological museum of Chiusi can be considered one of Italy's most important is repositories of Etruscan remains.

The Museum preserves a rich collection of Etruscan material and Greek pottery recovered from excavations in the Chiusi area. Notable items include ash- urns, sarcophagi, bucchero ware, bronze and pottery masks, tombstones, amphorae and other vessels.

The Museum features three sections. The section "Labyrinth" documents the Etruscan myth of King Porsenna whose mausoleum would be preserved in the Labyrinth excavated right in the underground of Chiusi. The section "Production activities" displays agricultural tools and a series of ceramics and Etruscan and Roman amphoras.

The Epigraphic section displays more than 500 finds with Cinerary urns and cotta tiles with inscriptions, along the suggesting underground Etruscan tunnels 140 meters long.

The entrance ticket includes the visit to the  Etruscan tombs of Leone and Peregrina.

Closed on Mondays

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