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Archaeological Museum, Old Town

3,000 years of history in one building at the top of Ibiza's Old Town

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This museum houses all the history of Ibiza and Formentera from the past 3,000 years.

The museum was founded in 1907 and contains artefacts divided into the following sections: prehistoric, Phoenician, Roman, Punic and Islamic. MAEF (Museu Arqueologic d'Eivissa i Formentera) preserves, researches and exhibits historical material from the Islands of Ibiza and Formentera.

It's housed in a historical building where the government of the island met from the 13th to the 18th century. It was divided into three groups: bourgeoisie, merchants and farmers until the current council was set up in 1717.

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Located at the top of Ibiza's Old Town in the Cathedral Square beside the castle and bishop's house.

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