The MADN, Museo Archeologico Domu Nosta, can be found in the old town centre of Senorbì. It is housed in the building where the Carmelita family once lived. The museum complex rotates around an antique house, arranged over two floors and with a large external gallery.
There are six rooms. The first room on the upper floor introduces the visitor to Senorbì’s long history, told through the artifacts uncovered at a number of sites. The findings cover a long period of time from the Late Neolithic period to the Middle Ages (IV-III millennium B.C. – XIV century). The quality craftsmanship of the stone findings and the splendid ceramic decorations on display, bear witness to the sophisticated lifestyle enjoyed by those who lived in the area, as well as their significant interactions with European regions and the Mediterranean basin.
The second and third room describe events linked to the discovery of the ancient site of Monte Luna. Between the V and III centuries B.C., the inhabitants of the nearby hillside of Santu Teru were buried in this necropolis. Ornamental objects can be identified which typically accompanied the laying to rest of the dead: numerous gold, silver, bronze and iron necklaces, chains, beetles, talismans produced in diaspore, ivory, glass and glass paste. The third room houses an exceptional inscription dating to the I century A.D. This is a marble inscription by Marcus Arrecinus Helius, found in the countryside of Senorbì, in Bau Tellas.
In the fifth room, we find the temporary exhibitions, while the last room houses a copy of the Mother Goddess cult figure kept at the Cagliari National Archaeological Museum and uncovered in 1935 in Turriga.
As well as these six rooms, the Ethno-anthropological section is also open to the public, with a kitchen fitted with original oven and furnished in traditional Campidanese style.
