Did you know how the Domvs Romana was discovered?
2020 marked 100 years since Sir Temi Zammit started excavations at the Domvs Romana, 2021 marks the 140th anniversary of the Domvs’s accidental discovery and 2022 will commemorate 140 years since the Domvs was opened to the public as a museum. However what we see today when we visit the Domvs is a far cry […]
The UNESCO Intangible Heritage List Now Features THESE Two Iconic Maltese Additions
UNESCO established its Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage with the aim of ensuring better protection of important intangible cultural heritages worldwide and the awareness of their significance. Malta is set to now feature on this list as two Maltese Icons have now been accepted to the list, according to Minister Jose Herrera. These are, the […]
Mattia Preti’s masterpiece Boethius and Philosophy returns to Malta after 100 years
After over a hundred years of it being missing from Malta, the famous Mattia Preti masterpiece, named Boethius and Philosophy, will be returning to the island. The Maltese Government acquired the 17th century oil on canvas painting for the sum of €1.3 million after it had disappeared mysteriously from the Grandmaster’s Palace at the end of […]
Free Entrance to six Heritage Malta sites on weekends
During the month of June and starting from this coming weekend, Heritage Malta will be re-opening six of its sites and museums, free of charge to the public. The six sites are: Fort St Elmo Fort St Angelo Ħaġar Qim Mnajdra Temples Tarxien & Ġgantija Temples National Museum of Archaeology The Heritage Malta CEO Noel […]
Malta Offers Travelers Virtual Visits
With a global pandemic going on, a collaboration between Heritage Malta and tech giant Google is now giving internet users the unique opportunity to virtually visit several of the agency’s national museums and sites through the online platform Google Arts & Culture. This collaboration brings Malta’s cultural sites at par with other major international institutions, […]