The Sardinian Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography was founded in 1953 by Prof. Carlo Maxia. It has been based in the Monserrato University Citadel since 1998. He is currently a member of the Interdepartmental Center for Museums, Collections and Historical Archives (CIMCAS) of the University of Cagliari. The museum houses a collection of human skeletal remains, dating from around 4,000 years BC. C., a collection of paleopathological remains, including two drilled skulls from the Nuragic period, a series of casts representative of major
stages of human evolution, a collection of skeletal remains used for educational purposes. The museum also houses a collection of traditional Sardinian clothing, musical instruments, objects from the peasant and pastoral tradition, lithic and clay artifacts from the protohistoric period, ancient prints, a collection of votive offerings, and a collection of slides and films on the evidence of Sardinian protohistory and folk traditions. Two mummies and some anatomical preparations from the last century are very interesting.
