Ms Cristina Sanna BA, MA
Postgraduate research student, Wolfson Foundation Scholar

Cristina is an Italian archaeologist and postgraduate researcher at the University of Southampton focusing on museum representations of the past and their reception.
I am passionate about museums and the stories they tell. I love objects (especially ancient ones!) and the way material things stimulate my curiosity. Museums make me feel good and they engage me at so many different levels, that I decided long time ago to make them my career path.
I started my academic journey in Italy with a BA and MA in Archaeology. I then moved to the UK where I started working for local museums and entered the Heritage field. In 2018 I earned a second MA in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester and in 2019 I started my PhD candidature at the University of Southampton.
My project combines the two research areas of archaeology and museums to investigate archaeological displays in Italy dedicated to the Etruscan civilization.
Work experience: The Salisbury Museum (Finds Liaison Assistant), Mill Green Museum and Mill (Assistant Curator), National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara (Assistant Curator
Archaeological excavations: Marsiliana d’Albegna (Tuscany), Populonia (Tuscany), Roselle (Tuscany), Tharros (Sardinia).
Member of the Society for Museum Archaeology and the Museums Association
Editorial Board of ARCHEOSTORIE® Journal of Public Archaeology
Qualifications
BA, Heritage Studies – Archaeology, University of Siena, 2013.
MA, Archaeology, University of Bologna, 2015.
MA, Museum Studies, University of Leicester 2018.