HERITAGE MALTA

MUSEUMS & SITES

LOCATION GUIDE

GOZO

ebbu
Gasri
Garb
San Lawren

18 19 20 21
VICTORIA

St Luia
Kerem

Fontana

Xagra
23
22

Nadur

Valletta

1. National Museum of Archaeology

2. National Museum of Fine Arts
3. Palace Armoury
4. Palace State Rooms
5. National War Museum (temporary closed)

Qala

Gajnsielem

Xewkija

FERRY

COMINO

Munxar
Sannat

Harbour

FERRY

St Pauls
Islands

Gozo

18. Gozo Museum of Archaeology

19. Folklore Museum
20. Gozo Nature Museum
21. The Old Prison
22. gantija Temples
23. Ta Kola Windmill

M ALTA

Qawra
Melliea

Buibba

Mistra

Baar
i-agaq

St Pauls

Marr
17

ebbieh
16

Rabat

Mosta

Gira

Mtarfa

Barija

Sliema

5 VALLETTA
34
1
2
Msida Floriana 7 Kalkara
Birkirkara
Senglea6 Vittoriosa
Lija
amrun
Cospicua
Attard Balan
Marsa
abbar

Naxxar

Bidnija

13. National Museum of Natural History

14. Domvs Romana
15. St Pauls Catacombs
16. Skorba Temples
17. Ta arat Temples

Penbroke
St Julians
Gargur San wann

Bur Marrad

Manikata

6. Inquisitors Palace
7. Malta Maritime Museum
8. Tarxien Temples
9. al Saflieni Hypogeum

Qormi

14 13 Mdina
15
Rabat

ebbu
Luqa

9
Paola
Sta Luia

MALTA
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT

Dingli

Siiewi
Mqabba

Kirkop

Gudja

12 11

Gar Dalam

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21657419

Triq Gar Dalam, Birebbua

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21249349

Grandmasters Palace, Pjazza San or, Valletta

aar Qim Temples A 21424231

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs, Apr till Sep: 08.00-19.15 hrs

Triq aar Qim, Qrendi

Open from 10.00 till 16.00 hrs A 21249349

Grandmasters Palace, Pjazza San or, Valletta

Mnajdra Temples A 21424231

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs, Apr till Sep: 08.00-19.15 hrs

Triq aar Qim, Qrendi

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21827006

Triq il-Mina l-Kbira, Vittoriosa

National Museum of Natural History

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21455951
Misra San Publju, Mdina

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21660052

Ex-Naval Bakery, Ix-Xatt tal-Birgu, Vittoriosa
The most complex and
intricately-decorated
prehistoric temple site, consisting of four megalithic
structures built between
3600 and 2500bc and used
by the successive Bronze Age
inhabitants as a cremation
cemetery.

Tarxien Temples

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21695578

Triq it-Tempji Neolitii, Tarxien
An underground complex
comprising interconnecting
rock-cut chambers set on
three distinct levels and used
as a cemetery between 4000
2500 bc
A unique UNESCO World
Heritage site.

al Saflieni Hypogeum

Open from 09.00 till 16.00 hrs (with advanced booking)

Triq i-imiterju, Paola A 21805019

Domvs Romana

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21454125

Wesga tal-Muew, Rabat, Malta

Gozo Museum of Archaeology

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21556144

Triq Bieb l-Imdina, Gran Castello, Victoria, Gozo
A wide range of exhibits
depicting the rural way of life
and agrarian economy of the
Maltese Islands in centuries
past.

Folklore Museum

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21221623

Triq Bernardo De Opuo, Gran Castello, Victoria, Gozo
A significant collection
relating to geology, habitats
and ecosystems in Gozo
and elsewhere including a
magnified spec of stone
from the moon donated to
the Maltese Nation by US
President Richard Nixon.

Gozo Nature Museum

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21556153

Triq il-Kwartier ta San Martin, Gran Castello, Victoria, Gozo
Originally forming an integral
part of the adjoining Courts of
Justice, this prison was in use
from the mid-sixteenth until
the beginning of the twentieth
century.

The Old Prison

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21556153

Triq il-Kwartier ta San Martin, Gran Castello, Victoria
Two spacious temples
surrounded by a common
boundary wall and featuring
some of the most impressive
megaliths employed in the
construction of the Maltese
prehistoric temples.

An ancient burial ground

beyond the former footprint
of the Melita, including an
underground and labyrinthine
network of interconnecting
passages and tombs hewn out
of the live rock.

St Pauls Catacombs

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21454562

Triq Sant Agata, Rabat, Malta

gantija Temples

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21553194

Triq John Otto Bayer, Xagra, Gozo

A multi-period prehistoric
site containing the remains of
an early Neolithic hamlet and
two late Neolithic megalithic
temples.

Skorba Temples Open on Tuesdays, Thursdays,

and Saturdays, between 09.00 and 16.30 hrs.
Triq Sant Anna, Marr
A 21580590

World Heritage Sites designated by

Sites are closed on 24, 25 & 31 December, 1January
& Good Friday
Last admission to sites 30 minutes before closing
time.

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A fine early sixteenth

century residence housing
an illustration of the rich
cultural history of Gozo from
Prehistory to the Early Modern
Period.

Remnants of a sophisticated
urban residence adorned by
one of the finest and oldest
mosaic pavements throughout
the western Mediterranean,
and a collection of artefacts
illustrating everyday life during
Roman times.

Ahighlight of Maltas maritime

history and lore within a
Mediterranean context
supplemented by an extensive
collection that includes the
largest known Roman anchor
and ship model belonging
to the Order of St John
worldwide.

Malta Maritime Museum

Open on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays, between 09.00 and 16.30 hrs.
Triq San Pietru, Marr
A 21586264

A synopsis of Maltese Geology

and Paleontology, and a rich
collection of exotic animals,
marine fauna, insects, shells,
and birds.

A careful reconstruction of
the sophisticated eighteenth
century ambiences adorning
the only Inquisitors Palace
open to the public worldwide,
and a series of thematic
exhibitions on popular culture
in Malta.

Inquisitors Palace

Ta arat Temples

Three temples facing a

common oval forecourt
whereby the southern unit is
aligned to mark the position of
sunrise on the first day of each
season.

The official residence of the

Grand Masters of the Order
from 1571 onwards, the
successive British Governors,
and since 1974, seat of the
Office of the President of the
Republic.

Palace State Rooms

One of the earliest, smallest

and better preserved temple
sites in Malta comprising
two independent and
asymmetrically laid-out units
erected entirely of rough
coralline blocks.

One of the most evocative

megalithic compounds of
Malta consisting of a central
building and two adjoining
ruins standing on a hilltop
overlooking the sea and the
islet of Fifla

A tangible symbol of the

past glories of the Sovereign
Hospitaller Military Order of
Malta, and one of the worlds
largest collections of arms
and armour still housed in its
original depository.

Palace Armoury

MALTA
FR E E P O R T

al Far

An extensive cave containing

500,000 year-old deposits
abounding in fossil bones of
dwarf elephants, hippopotami
and other exotic fauna that
used to live here during the
Ice Age

A multifaceted overview of art

and artistic expression in Malta
from the Late Medieval period
to the contemporary, including
paintings, silverware, majolica,
statuary in marble, bronze and
wood, and fine furniture.

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21225769

Triq in-Nofsinhar, Valletta

Birebbua

10. Gar Dalam

11. aar Qim Temples
12. Mnajdra Temples

FILFLA

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A spectacular range of artefacts

from the Neolithic, Bronze
Age and Phoenicio-Punic
periods, including highlights
such as the Sleeping Lady, the
Venus of Malta, the Cippus
and a human-shaped clay
sarcophagus.

National Museum of Fine Arts

10

South

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Open from 08.00 till 19.00 hrs A 21221623

Auberge de Provence, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta

Marsaxlokk

S a fi
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National Museum of Archaeology

Marsascala

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Gaxaq

Qrendi

Heritage Malta

8
Tarxien

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One of the best preserved

windmills erected during
the tenure of the Knights
of StJohn and a charming
historic house museum.

Ta Kola Windmill

Open from 09.00 till 17.00 hrs A 21561071

Triq il-Bambina, Xagra, Gozo