Milan Archaeology Museum

About Milan Archaeology Museum

The Museo Archeologico di Milano is a museum in Milan, northern Italy, that is dedicated to the preservation and display of archaeological artefacts from the city and its surrounding province. The museum is located in the Palazzo della Ragione, on the Piazza Mercanti, in the heart of the city. It occupies the ground and first floors of the building, and is divided into five sections: prehistory, Etruscan and Roman, Early Christian and Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern. The museum's most famous exhibit is the "Ciclo di Bacco", a series of five large frescoes that were discovered in the crypt of the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio in the late nineteenth century. The frescoes, which depict scenes from the life of the god Bacchus, are the only surviving examples of late Roman wall painting in Milan.