bronzi di riace - museo nazionale della magna grecia

Seeing the Bronzi di Riace alone is worth the trip to Reggio Calabria. They are simply fantastic!!!!

it was expensive for what we saw. This was our second trip to this museum in 13 yrs. and oddly enough they had most of it closed off but still charged full price

Even if you have only an hour to spare in Reggio, I would recommend paying a visit to see the Bronzi di Riace! The 2 bronze statues are absolutely breathtaking and the video show accompanying it is very informative (detailing how it was found, the theories on its origins, how it is being preserved, etc). Even though there are not many other exhibits at the museum, I would still recommend a visit to this museum as whatever was on display definitely caught my attention and made me want to linger longer there. I had planned for a short half hour visit (max) but ended up staying close to an hour. To note that flash photography is not allowed for the bronze statues section of the museum.

There is not much more to say here, the Riace bronzes are two full-size Greek bronzes cast in around 450 BC and they are absolutely breathtaking. A must-see.

There was very little people, pity there was not much to see at the moment at the museum beside the bronzi, but they are worth the visit by themselves

We were here in October 2014. There were very little people around which allowed us to linger for a while. The statues are incredible. Absolutely worth the trip.

I did not know anything about these bronzes, until I read about them in Michelin. We saw them on a Sunday morning and they were awesome to think that they were crafted 2000+ years ago. The documentary on how they were found and restored is a much before seeing them.

The Riace Bronzi are beautifully restored and the carefully controlled viewing room gives the space/time to appreciate them.

Since you arrive to the museum you can feel the love, care, importance of the masterpieces inside !!! Of course the 2 Bronzi are the stars, but they are not alone.......The delicate masterpieces deserve a 20 minutes wait in a dedicated room, where you can watch a super interesting and enlightening video on the long walk from rescue to the restoration of the Bronzi. After it a professional, friendly, creativel lady-sorry I do not remember the name ...don't hate me- introduces you to the 2 great, magic masterpieces and you just get lost in the past and in the various histories around them. You could stay there hours an hours, yet you have to leave as the number of visitors is capped, rightly so as they are fragile, for a visit of 20 minutes. I was lucky to enjoy the visit meeting the expert and head of the restoration team who made me travel in 4 years of great efforts to bring back those unique masterpieces to life. A must see!!!!!!

I could not believe that. A big building and only two rooms opened! The Riaces Bronzes are fine, as well as the few other things that one can find inside. Only two rooms opened, maybe 10 things exposed. Dirty and confusion. The good thing is the absence of queue: we entered in the inner room to see the bronzes only 3 minutes after the entrance (5 eur). The entire musuem visit was about 20 minutes.

The warriors of Riace, found in 1972 at 8 meters under the sea are simply awesome, the details, the perfection. Also the museum of MagnaGreciamade a great effort to preserve them. Definitely Worth a visit

These 2 pieces of sculpture are worth any travel to see them. An eight hour train from rome is nothing compared to the flight from Tucson. The proximity and intimacy make them better than the pieta in St. Peter's.

I bronzi are beautiful. Pity that this new museum is unorganized. Staff unfriendly. No signs. smallest tv screens ever seen in a museum to show the video anout the findings. I Bronzi is the only exhibition in the museum! People are disrespectful about not touching the statues or jumping on the base as well as using cellphones (projibited) tje guard in the exhibition room couldnt care less since she is busy on her computer. Overall not worth going there!

We visited the museum to see the bronze statues. We browsed other areas, but mostly appreciated the 2 bronze statues. You start with a short documentary that explains how the bronze statues were found, restored and presented in Italy. It was worth the visit and we paid just 5 eur each to enter.

When I so them last year, they were undergoing restorations but they were amazing. These two statues are based in an area on their own and it is a must see at all times!!