National Museum of Archeology Malta

The National Museum of Archaeology has a marvelous collection of the early history of the Maltese Islands. The museum is located within the Auberge de Provençe on Republic Street in Valletta, which is a Baroque building featuring primitive artifacts, sculptures, & weapons on exhibit.

The National Museum of Archaeology is considered the foremost step for understanding the richness of the Maltese territory, its dwellers, and their ancestors, owing to the artifacts belonging to Malta’s Neolithic period (5900 BC - 2500 BC) until the early Phoenician period (8th – 6th Century BC). It was established in Malta in 1571 for the Knights of Order of St John. The ground floor of this 16th-century structure is dedicated to the Neolithic period and displays the primitive tools and vessels used by the ancient people for their day-to-day tasks. The upper floor presently houses collections from the Bronze Age and the Phoenician period. Besides, the museum hosts back-to-back temporary exhibitions, usually displaying the antiquities from the reserve collection.