Opened in 1985, it offers a complete tour to learn about the history of the territory. The archaeological section houses artifacts and tools from man dating from prehistory to the Middle Ages; the mineralogical section includes minerals from the Cyclops Islands and Acicastello, among them analcime, philipsite, herschelite, needle-like aragonite, as well as quartz, diaspores, agates, and a Sicilian gypsum sulfur series. There is also a rich collection of minerals related to volcanic activity. In the paleontological section, there are fossils ranging from the Mesozoic era to the Pleistocene, ammonites, plant remains, and vertebrate bone remains.
Information about Norman Castle – Civic Museum
Via Guglielmo Marconi
95021 Aci Castello (Catania)
0952 71026
personale@comune.acicastello.ct.it
https://www.comune.acicastello.ct-egov.it
Source: MIBACT
