G. PATRONS MUSEUM

The Giovanni Patroni Municipal Archaeological Museum is located in the historic center of Pula along Corso Vittorio Emanuele 67, inside a typical Campidanese house dating back to the 18th century, donated by the Pulese Frau family around the 1930s.

After a wait of more than a decade, on March 28, 2026, the museum, managed by the Pula Cultura Diffusa Foundation, reopened its doors with a completely new look compared to the previous Pula Municipal Antiquarium: an elegant, contemporary new layout designed to welcome each person on a timeless journey.

Since 1990 the museum has been named after archaeologist Giovanni Patroni, a central figure in Italian archaeology. Former director of the Royal Archaeological Museum of Cagliari and the Excavations of Antiquities of Sardinia in the early 1900s, Patroni was the author of a masterful monograph of the excavations of the necropolis and tophet of the ancient city.

Today his legacy, which tells us about Nora and its people, lives on in these halls, transforming scientific rigor into a narrative experience accessible to anyone.

The museum exhibit guides people on a journey that is both thematic and chronological. Spread over two floors, the layout is careful to enhance the finds, research, restoration, and dissemination of knowledge in a continuous dialogue between the place of discovery and the place of preservation, interpreting the close relationship between collection/place and heritage/local identity.

In strong relation to the archaeological site of Nora and the surrounding area, the museum holds a very important part of the findings from the excavations of the ancient urban center of Nora, from the Phoenician landing to the Roman and late ancient city.

November through February 10:00-17:00

March 10:00-18:00

April – May – October 10:00-19:00

June to September 10:00-20:00