National
Museum of Archaeology
One of the most important buildings in the capital, the
museum was inaugurated in 1958, and since then suffered
many changes. The last one was the restoration of the
building and the modernization of the exhibition rooms.
Only the ground floor is open to the public at the moment,
and contains a unique arsenal of devices of the Maltese
Neolithic, extending from the first settlers (5200 BC)
to the end of the period of the temples (2500 BC).
Particularly noteworthy artefacts are the Tarxien Megalithic
altars showing low-relief spiral and animal decorations.
Also of great interest is the large collection of human
figurines from the renowned Temple Period, including the
Sleeping Lady from the Hypogeum by Hal Saflieni, the Venus
of Malta from Hagar Qim Temples and the Monumental Statue
from Tarxien Temples.
Once the remodelling works are finished, it will be possible
to visit the exhibition halls of the Bronze Age, Phoenician
and Roman culture, and the medieval period.
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