National Archeological Museum of Sibaritide

Isolated, but memorably Sibaritic

A surprising find. A bit far from the marina of Laghi di Sibari, so a long walk or bicycle on the heavily travelled road. The very friendly museum worker starts you out with an introduction at the ...

All local finds

Only Italian labelling of exhibits and background information. All local finds, displayed in groups of where found rather than by type of artifact, which I much prefer. Not an enormous museum but inex...

Just off the main road

Surprised to find it open as the sites were all closed up, well displayed with some English information boards

Interesting collection of large storage pots

The Sibarites were known in the classical world for their wealth and lavish living, so I was hoping for a bit more, but they displayed what they had, including late bronze age early iron age stuff and...

Shame it's not Better Known

Ok so it's January but still, the people who look after the museum said we were the only two to visit in two days. The work done to present the rich variety of findings is impeccable with clearly set...