Overview of the roman section of the museum with display cases and tactile stations.

Archeological museum “Giuseppe Moretti”

The “G. Moretti” Civic Archaeological Museum in San Severino Marche documents the historical and urban evolution of the city from prehistory to the late imperial age.

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The Museum's app aims to accompany visitors during their visit, offering an intuitive and easy-to-use interface designed to ensure maximum accessibility for all visitors. Users will be able to explore the sections, exhibits in the collection, thanks to the interactive map and multimedia guides. The app has special features to support people with disabilities

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The museum

The Archaeological Museum of San Severino Marche has been housed inside the old Bishop’s Palace of Castello al Monte since 2003. This former Bishop’s residence is located on Monte Nero, a hill overlooking San Severino Marche. From here, you can still make out some of the buildings in the mediaeval heart of the town. These include the city walls, the tower of the consular palace and the Duomo Vecchio, which houses the remains of San Severino, the town’s patron saint. The museum is named after the local archaeologist Giuseppe Moretti, who was superintendent of antiquities in both Rome and Ancona. While working in Rome, Moretti arranged some important restoration projects, undertook a reorganisation of the National Roman Museum, and began the ambitious work of re-assembling the Ara Pacis in 1937. He is remembered in the Marche region for initiating many excavation projects, and for refurbishing the National Archaeological Museum of the Marche. The archaeological collection at San Severino began to take shape in 1972, and charts the historical and urban development of the town from Prehistory to the late Imperial Age.

Information

Address

San Severino Marche, Castello al Monte St. - 62027
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Opening hours

  • Lunedi: closed
  • Martedi: from 4 pm to 8 pm
  • Mercoledi: from 4 pm to 8 pm
  • Giovedi: from 4 pm to 8 pm
  • Venerdi: from 10 am to 1 pm and from 4 pm to 8 pm
  • Sabato: from 10 am to 1 pm and from 4 pm to 8 pm
  • Domenica: from 10 am to 1 pm and from 4 pm to 8 pm

Contacts

Pro Loco:

Secretary of the Culture Office:

Museum accessibility

The exhibition path is fully accessible, with ramps to help overcoming inside slopes and with an elevator to move through the different floors.

The museum offers visitors a guided tour through an accessible app and makes aids and tactile models available to the public.

The app offers accessible multimedia contents both audio and video and it is available for download at the following link:

Education and teaching

On the ground floor of the Palazzo, you can find the section “Touch the Story by Hand”, an immersive and multi-sensory path articulated in three historical stops: Prehistory, the Picentes and Ancient Rome.
The itinerary proposes archaeological reconstructions that are available to youngsters and students in combination with the guided tour of the museum and the available workshops.
The learning offer can be downloaded at this link:

Ongoing exhibitions