Museo Archeologico dell’Alto Mantovano

The museum showcases all archaeological material from the excavations conducted in the area from 1966 to the present day. For prehistory, the Neolithic horizons from the 6th to 4th millennium B.C. and the Bronze Age pile-dwelling sites of Bande di Cavriana and Castellaro Lagusello (UNESCO) and Barche di Solferino and Monte Lonato di Cavriana are documented, also with films and specific plastic models, supplemented by 19th century private collections. A section also documents the food of the period and a bread dated between 2000 and 1950 BC. A number of grave goods document the frequentation of the area in the Gallic period, and what was found in nine 'villae rusticae', in necropolises and in places of worship show the importance of this area in the Imperial age (end of the 1st century BC - 4th century AD). Important are the floor mosaics. Research in the Gonzaghesca Fortress illustrates the Renaissance period with a rich collection of ceramics and coins dating back to the court of Ludovico II Gonzaga and Beatrice d'Este. The "Victory of Cavriana", so called by Napoleon III, materially ended the Second War of Independence with the battle of 1859, now called "of Solferino and S. Martino", and the Museum houses the room where the French Emperor stayed and a collection of documents and weapons.