The Populonia Archaeological Museum

The museum is housed in the Palazzo Nuovo in the historic center of Piombino, made buit at the beginning of 19th century by Felice and Elisa Baciocchi (Napoleon’s sister) inside the fortified city.

Connected to the archaeological park of Baratti and Populonia, the museum illustrates the history of Populonia from prehistory to the modern age, passing through the Etruscan and Roman periods.

You can admire the precious grave goods found inside the "tomba ad edicola del bronzetto d'offerente" (in the San Cerbone Necropoli), the famous Mosaic of the Fish, coming from the Acropolis of Populonia, an extraordinary collection of silver coins found in the Rimigliano sea (near San Vincenzo) and the silver urn of Baratti, symbol of the museum and one of the most refined examples of late roman times work of art.