Utica National Museum

The National Museum of Utica (French: Musée national d'Utique ; Arabic: المتحف الوطني بأوتيك) is a museum dedicated to archeology in Tunisia located in Utica.[1] The museum is dedicated to preserving important historical objects from the history of North African civilizations.[2]

Utica National Museum
Established1990
LocationUtica, Tunisia
Coordinates37.052075°N 10.058559°E / 37.052075; 10.058559
TypeArchaeological Museum

History

Since the beginning of the 20th century, there were plans to create a museum in Utica. The museum had acquired different objects through various excavations.[3] In 1990, the museum was established.[2] In 2006, an outdoor gallery was built to display different sculptures.[3] In 2015, 2019 people were reported to have visited the museum.[4] In 2017, the museum was added virtual tours with an adapted Google Street View version for interiors together other museums in Tunisia.[5]

Collections

The museum is divided into two rooms, one for the Punic period and the other for the Roman period. The museum contains exhibits of mosaics, statues and ceramics.[2] The museum also has jewelry exhibits.[6][7] The museum contains objects from the Punic necropolis such as funerary furniture.[8]

  • Punic Room: In this room can be found vases and jars dating back to the 7th century BC, ancient bronze axes, Punic oil lamps, stelae and amphorae.
  • Roman Room: In this room can be found a collection of mosaics and inscriptions, as well as statues. Among the collection of statues, they include statues of Hercules, Aesculapius, Satyr and Ariadne.
  • Statue
  • Mosaic
  • Sculpture
  • Ceramics

References
  1. "Utica, Musée archéologique d'Utique - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  2. Michael Greenhalgh (8 May 2014). The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman Landscape of North Africa, 1830-1900. BRILL. pp. 181–. ISBN 978-90-04-27163-0.
  3. "Fiche Musée Utique". Institut National du Patrimoine - Tunisie (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  4. "Répartition des visites des musées payantes par Gouvernorats - Open Culture". www.openculture.gov.tn (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  5. "Experience Tunisia's rich culture with Street View Imagery". Google. 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  6. "Musée national d'Utique". tunisie.co. Retrieved 2021-08-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Site et musée Utique, Musée à Bizerte". Kharjet.tn (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  8. "Musée d'Utique". www.madein.city (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-11.
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