Archaeological Museum of Canosa di Puglia

The archaeological exhibition is dedicated to grave goods from archaic tombs and rich hellenistic hypogea, that show us customes and attitudes of Canosa society and also the high quality of the local handicraft.

The 1st room (Ram Room) contains characteristic geometrically decorated pottery known as Daunia subgeometric pottery, made in Canosa in the archaic period, together with bronze and amber artefacts, which provides evidence of commercial relations, found in the tombs from Vico Pasubio and Via Legnano (6th – 5th century BC).

In the 2nd room (Krater Room) there are grave goods from the hypogeum of Vico San Martino (4th – 2nd century BC) feature Apulian red-figure pottery and other prestigious items such as weapons and metals.

The next rooms contain the rich collection of grave goods from the Varrese hypogeum, one of the most important chamber tombs in Canosa, which belonged to several generations of one of the town’s prominent families.
In addition to the Apulian-red figured vases characterized by monumental dimensions, rich decorations and by the narrative substance of the scenes portrayed, widely featured in the grave goods of the Varrese hypogeum are the canusian ware vases, characterized by polychrome images tempera-painted and by plastic decorative elements applied.