The Morgantina silverware returns to Sicily after four years. On display at the Archaeological Museum of Aidone

The Regional Archaeological Museum of Aidone, in the province of Enna, welcomes the Argenti di Morgantina: following an agreement signed in 2006 between MiBACT and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, they have traveled every four years between Sicily and the United States and have now returned home.

They consist of sixteen pieces that make up the most important nucleus of goldsmithing from Hellenistic Sicily (3rd century B.C.), also known as the treasure of Eupòlemos: in silver and gold foil are plates, votive containers, cups and vases. A unique treasure from the site of Morgantina.

According to the agreement, it is envisioned in the four years that the silverware returns to Sicily that assets of similar importance will be loaned for display at the Met. Hypotheses are underway for a structured collaboration that will include in a first phase the loan of works from Selinunte on the theme of Greek colonization in the West and its outcomes. Themes that are likely to result in a major international exhibition.

The Morgantina silverware will also be featured in an exhibition at the Aidone museum.

“The collaborative relationship between the Sicilian Region and the Met,” said the councillor for Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity, Alberto Samonà, “has undergone a great boost over the past few months thanks to the Musumeci government. There are ongoing hypotheses of structured collaboration on which we continue to work and which could help us redefine the terms of a Convention that, in some respects, is dated. We will try to work in the direction of a possible revision of the agreement that would lead to the stable and definitive placement of the Morgantina silverware in the natural museum site of Aidone.”

The Morgantina silverware returns to Sicily after four years. On display at the Archaeological Museum of Aidone

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