Gozo Museum of Archaeology

Explore the cultural history of Gozo from prehistoric times to the early modern period in the heart of the citadel at the Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Making use of material from various archaeological sites in Gozo, the museum illustrates the island’s rich heritage through thematic displays. Located immediately behind the original gateway to the Citadel, the Gozo Museum of Archaeology is housed in a refined 17th-century townhouse that was once the residence of the Bondì family. Subsequently, it fell into disuse and remained long neglected until Sir Harry Luke, Lieutenant Governor of the Maltese Islands, took it upon himself to restore it in 1937. In May 1960, Casa Bondì was inaugurated as the first public museum of Gozo, hosting artefacts of an archaeological and ethnographic nature. The building came to house the archaeological collection in 1986 as part of a reorganisation programme of the Gozo museum collection which led to separate collections being exhibited in various buildings in