Altamura National Archaeological Museum is located in the heart of the old town and is the best place to begin your tour of the city.
Here you can learn about the history of the Alta Murgia from Prehistoric times through to the Middle Ages. Here you will get properly acquainted with the Altamura Man and enjoy an immersive experience that will take you back thousands of years in time.
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Opening days
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 8.30 - 13.30 (last admission 12.45)
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8.30am - 7.00pm (last admission 6.15pm) - Web Altamura National Archaeological Museum
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Feature List
- Wheelchair accessible
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Accessibility
The site is accessible
NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF ALTAMURA. THE VISIT
Opened to the public in 1997, the museum occupies two floors of a modern building. The exhibition offers a broad panorama of the civilisations that have succeeded one another in the Alta Murgia thanks to artefacts found in the entire surrounding area between the middle of the 20th century and the present day.
Must-see displays include the extraordinary and ultra-realistic model of the Altamura Man, produced thanks to a combination of the molecular and morphological studies conducted on the fossilised skeleton excavated from Lamalunga Cave in 1993. Also well worth a look is the permanent “Prehistory of food. The origins of bread” exhibition which explores the farming tradition of the local area that lives on today in the famous Altamura Bread DOP.
The Altamura National Archaeological Museum is a mandatory stop-off for those that want to discover the charm of this part of Puglia.
Don’t forget to visit the other sites of the “Altamura Man” network: Lamalunga Visitor Centre and Palazzo Baldassarre.
Where
Via Santeramo 88, Altamura (BA)
Transportation
- Train
FAL from Bari - Bus
extra-urban lines FAL, S.T.P. and Marozzi - Car
A14 motorway, Corato exit
State road connection:
- From Bari SS.96 (Km. 43)
- From Lecce SS.605 - SP51 - SP56 - SS7 - A14 - SS171; (Km. 175)
- From Taranto SS.7 - A14 - SS171; (Km. 87)
- From Foggia SS.89 - A14 [E55] - SS378 - SP2 - SP151; (Km. 140)
- From Brindisi SP.46 - SS7 - SS7 [E90] - A14 - SS171; (Km. 137)
Visiting Rules
- Face masks strongly reccommended. Find out more
- Prohibited to introduce food and drink, large bag
