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Heritage Malta Location Guide HERITAGE MALTA MUSEUMS & SITES LOCATION GUIDE Żebbuġ GOZO Valletta Għasri Xagħra 23 1. National Museum of Archaeology Nadur Għarb 22 Qala San Lawrenż 18 19 20 21 2. National Museum of Fine Arts VICTORIA 3. Palace Armoury St Luċia Għajnsielem Kerċem Xewkija FERRY 4. Palace State Rooms Fontana COMINO Munxar 5. National War Museum (temporary closed) Sannat FERRY St Paul’s Harbour Gozo Islands 6. Inquisitor’s Palace 18. Gozo Museum of Archaeology MALTA 7. Malta Maritime Museum Qawra 19. Folklore Museum 8. Tarxien Temples Mellieħa Mistra Buġibba 20. Gozo Nature Museum St Paul’s Baħar 9. Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum iċ-Ċagħaq Penbroke 21. The Old Prison St Julians Manikata Bur Marrad Għargur San Ġwann 22. Ġgantija Temples Sliema 23. Ta’ Kola Windmill Bidnija Naxxar 5 VALLEA Gżira Żebbieh 1 3 4 Mġarr 16 2 Mosta Kalkara 17 Birkirkara Msida Floriana 7 6 Vioriosa Lija Senglea Ħamrun Cospicua Balżan Rabat Aard Marsa Żabbar Mtarfa Qormi 8 Baħrija 13. National Museum of Natural History 14 13 Mdina 9 Tarxien Marsascala 14. Domvs Romana 15 Paola Żebbuġ Sta Luċia Żejtun 15. St Paul’s Catacombs Rabat Luqa MALTA Marsaxlokk INTERNATIONAL Għaxaq 16. Skorba Temples AIRPORT Gudja 17. Ta’ Ħaġrat Temples Dingli Siġġiewi Kirkop 10 Mqabba Sa Qrendi Birżebbuġa MALTA Żurrieq FREEPORT Ħal Far Heritage Malta 12 11 South www.heritagemalta.org 10. Għar Dalam FILFLA 11. Ħaġar Qim Temples Click on number on map to get Google Earth directions: 12 12. Mnajdra Temples A spectacular range of artefacts An extensive cave containing One of the earliest, smallest from the Neolithic, Bronze 500,000 year-old deposits and better preserved temple Age and Phoenicio-Punic abounding in fossil bones of sites in Malta… comprising periods, including highlights dwarf elephants, hippopotami two independent and such as the ‘Sleeping Lady’, the and other exotic fauna that asymmetrically laid-out units ‘Venus of Malta’, the ‘Cippus’ used to live here during the erected entirely of rough and a human-shaped clay Ice Age coralline blocks. sarcophagus. National Museum of Archaeology Għar Dalam Ta’ Ħaġrat Temples Open on Tuesdays, Open from 08.00 till 19.00 hrs A 21221623 Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21657419 Thursdays, and Saturdays, between 09.00 and 16.30 hrs. Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta Triq Għar Dalam, Birżebbuġa Triq San Pietru, Mġarr A 21586264 A multifaceted overview of art One of the most evocative A fine early sixteenth and artistic expression in Malta megalithic compounds of century residence housing from the Late Medieval period Malta consisting of a central an illustration of the rich to the contemporary, including building and two adjoining cultural history of Gozo from paintings, silverware, majolica, ruins standing on a hilltop Prehistory to the Early Modern statuary in marble, bronze and overlooking the sea and the Period. wood, and fine furniture. islet of Fifla National Museum of Fine Arts Ħaġar Qim Temples A 21424231 Gozo Museum of Archaeology Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21225769 Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs, Apr till Sep: 08.00-19.15 hrs Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21556144 Triq in-Nofsinhar, Valletta Triq Ħaġar Qim, Qrendi Triq Bieb l-Imdina, Gran Castello, Victoria, Gozo A tangible symbol of the Three temples facing a A wide range of exhibits past glories of the Sovereign common oval forecourt depicting the rural way of life Hospitaller Military Order of whereby the southern unit is and agrarian economy of the Malta, and one of the world’s aligned to mark the position of Maltese Islands in centuries largest collections of arms sunrise on the first day of each past. and armour still housed in its season. original depository. Palace Armoury Mnajdra Temples A 21424231 Folklore Museum Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21249349 Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs, Apr till Sep: 08.00-19.15 hrs Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21221623 Grandmasters Palace, Pjazza San Ġorġ, Valletta Triq Ħaġar Qim, Qrendi Triq Bernardo De Opuo, Gran Castello, Victoria, Gozo The official residence of the A synopsis of Maltese Geology A significant collection Grand Masters of the Order and Paleontology, and a rich relating to geology, habitats from 1571 onwards, the collection of exotic animals, and ecosystems in Gozo successive British Governors, marine fauna, insects, shells, and elsewhere including a and since 1974, seat of the and birds. magnified spec of stone Office of the President of the from the moon donated to Republic. the Maltese Nation by US President Richard Nixon. Palace State Rooms National Museum of Natural History Gozo Nature Museum Open from 10.00 till 16.00 hrs A 21249349 Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21455951 Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21556153 Grandmasters Palace, Pjazza San Ġorġ, Valletta Misraħ San Publju, Mdina Triq il-Kwartier ta’ San Martin, Gran Castello, Victoria, Gozo A careful reconstruction of Remnants of a sophisticated Originally forming an integral the sophisticated eighteenth urban residence adorned by part of the adjoining Courts of century ambiences adorning one of the finest and oldest Justice, this prison was in use the only Inquisitor’s Palace mosaic pavements throughout from the mid-sixteenth until open to the public worldwide, the western Mediterranean, the beginning of the twentieth and a series of thematic and a collection of artefacts century. exhibitions on popular culture illustrating everyday life during in Malta. Roman times. Inquisitor’s Palace Domvs Romana The Old Prison Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21827006 Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21454125 Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21556153 Triq il-Mina l-Kbira, Vittoriosa Wesgħa tal-Mużew, Rabat, Malta Triq il-Kwartier ta’ San Martin, Gran Castello, Victoria Ahighlight of Malta’s maritime An ancient burial ground Two spacious temples history and lore within a beyond the former footprint surrounded by a common Mediterranean context of the Melita, including an boundary wall and featuring supplemented by an extensive underground and labyrinthine some of the most impressive collection that includes the network of interconnecting megaliths employed in the largest known Roman anchor passages and tombs hewn out construction of the Maltese and ship model belonging of the live rock. prehistoric temples. to the Order of St John worldwide. Malta Maritime Museum St Paul’s Catacombs Ġgantija Temples Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21660052 Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21454562 Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21553194 Ex-Naval Bakery, Ix-Xatt tal-Birgu, Vittoriosa Triq Sant’ Agata, Rabat, Malta Triq John Otto Bayer, Xagħra, Gozo The most complex and A multi-period prehistoric One of the best preserved intricately-decorated site containing the remains of windmills erected during prehistoric temple site, con- an early Neolithic hamlet and the tenure of the Knights sisting of four megalithic two late Neolithic megalithic of St John and a charming structures built between temples. historic house museum. 3600 and 2500 bc and used by the successive Bronze Age inhabitants as a cremation cemetery. Tarxien Temples Skorba Temples Open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Ta’ Kola Windmill Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21695578 and Saturdays, between 09.00 and 16.30 hrs. Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21561071 Triq it-Tempji Neolitiċi, Tarxien Triq Sant’ Anna, Mġarr A 21580590 Triq il-Bambina, Xagħra, Gozo An underground complex comprising interconnecting rock-cut chambers set on three distinct levels and used as a cemetery between 4000 – 2500 bc World Heritage Sites designated by A unique UNESCO World Heritage site. Sites are closed on 24, 25 & 31 December, 1 January & Good Friday Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum Open from 09.00 till 16.00 hrs (with advanced booking) Last admission to sites 30 minutes before closing Triq iċ-Ċimiterju, Paola A 21805019 time. THE HERITAGE MALTA MULTISITE PASS Offering a combined total discount of over Holders of this ticket also benefit from a 10% €200, the Heritage Malta Multisite Pass enables discount at any Heritage Malta museum shop. admission to ALL 22 Heritage Malta sites and THE HERITAGE MALTA MULTISITE museums (except the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum) PASS has a validity period of 30 days from plus the MALTA NATIONAL AQUARIUM. first use. BUY YOUR MULTISITE PASS DIRECTLY FROM HERE:.
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