Gozo Museum of Archaeology

Sign at the Gozo Museum of Archaeology

The Gozo Museum of Archaeology is housed in a 17th-century building that originally served as a Town Hall in Gozo, Malta. The museum of was opened in 1960 as the first public museum in Gozo and was known as the Gozo Museum. The museum was redesigned and reopened in 1986 as the Archaeology Museum of Gozo.[1] Today it is known as the Gozo Museum of Archaeology or the National Museum of Archaeology. The museum features archaeological artifacts and relics and displays covering the cultural history of the Island of Gozo from the prehistoric era to the early modern period.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Archaeology Museum". Malta Information Technology Agency. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  2. ↑ University of Sydney. Dept. of Archaeology (2003). Mediterranean archaeology, Volume 16. p. 100.

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