A place with an assemblage of randomly selected artifacts, mostly fragments, that are so poorly lit you can barely see them. There's barely any description of the objects, and when there is, it talks mostly about who found it or lent it to the museum (who cares?). Some pieces are well described, in which case they are typically not present at all ("artefact being studied", so why don't you put something else on display?). There is a few TVs or touch panels, but they're mostly broken. Some rooms are amost completely empty, and it's not like this is a huge place. There's no over-arching narration, which you would expect in a museum of history. Basically you get to know almost nothing of the history of Catania, except a few random incidents.

The toilets are dirty and there was no toilet paper. There's a terrace in one of the towers, supposed to have a great view, but you can only see a few nearby ugly flat houses and that's only if you're tall enough to actually see over the ramparts. Otherwise all you can see is the sky.

I'm astounded this place has such a good rating thus far. If you've been in an actually good modern museum, you'll be disappointed here.