National Museum of Archaeology, Island of Malta, Malta
4.0 (1.420 reviews) Sunday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #19 in Valletta Speciality Museums
Great museum for Malta's history. Go here first before anywhere else
The Museum exhibits a spectacular range of artefacts dating back to Malta’s Neolithic period (5000 BC) up to the Phoenician Period (400 BC). On display are the earliest tools used by the prehistoric people to facilitate their daily tasks and representations of animal and human figures; elements which not only show the great artistic skills of the first dwellers of the island but also gives us an insight of their daily lives. Highlights include the ‘Sleeping Lady’ (from the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum), the ‘Venus of Malta’ (from Ħaġar Qim), bronze daggers (recovered from the Bronze Age layers at Tarxien Temples), the Horus & Anubis pendant and the anthropomorphic sarcophagus, both belonging to the Phoenician Period.
Address
Republic St Auberge de Provcence, Valletta, Island of Malta VLT 1112 Malta
Mobile
Website
http://heritagemalta.org/national-museum-of-archaeology/
Working hours
Monday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 19:39
User Ratings
4.0 based on (1.420 reviews)
Reviews
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5Ltraveller567 5:00 PM Mar 28, 2020
A hidden gem
The entire museum is very well curated and has captured the pre-history of Maltese islands in a very informative manner. The ticket price includes an audio guide (you have to leave a refundable deposit but it is worth it). The audio guide commentary is well balanced. We ended up spending a lot of time on the ground floor of the museum seeing artefacts from 6000 years ago. The building itself was built and used by the Knights of St.John originating from Provence. I would recommend visiting this museum before you go to the Hypogeum & Tarxien temples as they complement each other. Many artefacts here were found at the Tarxien Temples and the Hypogeum, which really puts things into context. Allow a couple of hours for this visit.
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5miffythevampirebat 5:00 PM Oct 1, 2020
Amazing exhibitions
I strongly recommend checking the opening times as the official websites seem to have been updated in some places but not others due to covid restrictions. I also strongly recommend having a euro friendly credit/debit card as the main historical sites are not taking cash payments for tickets or cafes etc. As for the person saying the place is run down, there are signs up saying they are looking into issues with the plaster and restoring the building. To my mind the visit was worth it alone to see the venus statuea and also the bonus of the napoleon documents that are on display.
