VISITING THE MUSEUM

Free entrance days

First Wednesday of each month. 
International day of Monuments (18 April) 
International Day of Museums (18 May)

Languages

Our staff speak Spanish, Galician and English

GUIDED VISITS

Our staff give guided tours that last approximately 40 minutes. Reservations can be made prior to your visit by phone (+34 610 323 926) or in museomitreo.lugo@fundacionusc.gal

It is possible to request the visit in Spanish, Galician and English.

 
 
 

INDIVIDUAL VISIT

Suggested tour

Going down from the entrance hall you reach a first platform, where a panel located on the wall, on your left, explains the history of the domus and its main elements as can be seen in a three- dimensional reconstruction. From that same platform you can watch a five-minute video (every half hour) that explains the historical context of the city and this building. Next, please continue the visit by going down the staircase on the right, which will lead you to the lower level of the excavation. Here you can observe some of the domus rooms: the oecus (great hall), the cubiculum (room), the culina (kitchen) and the peristylium (porticoed patio), as well as the lower part of the wall. Then you may return to the upper floor using the staircase on your right, until you reach the Mithraeum or temple. From this area, you can see the remains of the domus water system, with its canals network, as well as traces of the staircase that led to the upper floor of the house in the wall.

From this same spot, you can now have a look at the Mithraeum and the votive inscription preserved in situ. To the left of the temple and on the back wall is a reconstruction of the ceiling of the great hall (oecus) and its humidity control system, which was constructed according to the principles described in the work of the Roman architect known as Vitruvius.

After the tour of the site please ascend to the lobby to continue the visit on the first floor. Here you can find the explanation on how this space itself has been developed. Selected materials from Roman times to 20th century are on exhibit.