MUSEUMS IN GOZO
Cathedral Museum - The Citadel - Victoria - Tel: (+356)556087: The largest
single showplace in Gozo, including the Cathedral Archives, Picture
gallery and Silver-Vault. Entrance 15c. Children under 10 years. free.
All year round: 11.00a.m. - 16.00p.m. Closed Sundays & public
holidays.
Citadel Armoury - The Citadel - Victoria - Tel: (+356)556144: The large hall
restored by the Order of St. John in 1776 and probably used as
Armoury by the Knights, houses a good cross-section of armour and
other interesting items formerly belonging to the Knights of Malta.
Entrance 15c.
All year round: 8.30a.m. - 16.30p.m. Winter; 8.45a.m. - 18.30p.m.
Summer. Closed public holidays.
Folklore Museum - The Citadel - Victoria - Tel: (+356)566144: Housed in a
group of houses with Sicilian-Catalan architectural features - unique
in the Maltese Islands - the Museum offers a most interesting display
of household goods and implements employed by the working classes
of Gozo in bygone times. Entrance LM 1.50.
Opens as Citadel Armoury.
Frenc tal-Gharb Museum - 74 Rock Street - Gharb - Tel: (+356)556187: The
house of Frenc tal-Gharb - Gozo's best known faith-healer and an
apostle of Our Lady of Ta' Pinu - converted into an historical -
folklore Museum. Entrance offering: October - June: 13.00 - 16.00
Sundays only. July - September: 11.00 - 16.00 daily, including
Sundays.
Gozo Heritage - Mgarr Road - Ghajnsielem - Tel: (+356)551475: A journey
through the latest state of the art living experience - a re-creation of
the momentous episodes of seven thousand years of Gozo life, from
prehistory down to recent times. Entrance Lml.50. Children under
twelve: 75c.
All year round: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed 3rd and 4th week in January.
Gozo Museum of Archaeology - The Citadel - Victoria - Tel: (+356)556144:
Archaeological remains, from the eleven phases of Prehistoric Gozo; as
well as Punic, Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Angevin remains recovered
from a number of sites on the island. Entrance: LM 1.50. Opens as
Citadel Armoury.
Ggantija Temples - Xaghra - Tel: (+356)553194: Twin Neolithic temples dating from the third millennium BC - the most visited historical site in the Republic, thought to be the oldest free standing structures in the world. Entrance LM 1.00. Opens as Citadel Armoury.
Karmni Grima Museum - Gharb road - Gharb - Tel: (+356)556187: The house
of the woman to whom Our Lady spoke at Ta' Pinu (1883) delightfully
converted into a folklore Museum. Entrance offering. Opens as
Frenc tal-Gharb Museum.
Natural History Museum - The Citadel - Victoria - Tel: (+356)556153: The
museum contains five halls with an exhibition on local geology, fossils
and birds, the evolution of mammals, marine life and foreign natural
history. Entrance: LM1.50. Opens as Citadel Armoury.
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