CIVICO MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO DI BERGAMO

The Museum's collections were formed as early as the 16th century with the collection of tombstones from the city's Roman necropolises and were enriched over time, especially in the 19th century, thanks to Count Paolo Sozzi Vimercati, who donated part of his collection, and to Gaetano Mantovani who, as Royal Inspector of Excavations and Monuments of Antiquity, monitored what came to light by chance throughout the province of Bergamo. Excavations by the Superintendency in recent decades have brought important archaeological complexes from the area and especially from the city to the Museum.

As far as protohistory is concerned, there are notable finds from a number of sites in the province, such as the Golasecchian necropolis in Brembate Sotto, the repository of a smelter from Parre, or the tomb of a Gallic chief from Misano di Gera d'Adda, in which objects from the Celtic and Roman traditions are laid out. The exhibition then leaves plenty of room for the history of Bergomum, from its origins through the Roman period to the Lombard duchy. An important lapidarium is also visited, with sacred, funerary and honorary epigraphs from the Roman period from the area and a small collection of valuable Hellenistic and Roman sculptures. A section is dedicated to the Egyptian collection, including a remarkable sarcophagus from the XXI-XXII dynasty with the mummy of the Theban priest Ankhekhonsu.