Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography
Museo nazionale preistorico etnografico Luigi Pigorini
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The museum building photographed from the facing Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari.
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Established1876 (1876)upright
LocationPiazza Guglielmo Marconi 14, I-00144 Rome, Italy
Coordinates41°49′56″N 12°28′17″E / 41.83222°N 12.47139°E / 41.83222; 12.47139Coordinates: 41°49′56″N 12°28′17″E / 41.83222°N 12.47139°E / 41.83222; 12.47139
Typearchaeology, Art museum
Websitewww.museocivilta.beniculturali.it

The "Luigi Pigorini" National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography is a public and research museum located in Rome, Italy. Established in 1875 and opened in 1876 [1][2] by Luigi Pigorini, from 2016 it is one of the four museums inside the Museum of Civilizations' network, and is currently directed by Andrea Viliani.[3]

Holdings

One important collection of the Pigorini houses is Neolithic artifacts from Lake Bracciano. Another is the early ethnographic collection of Athanasius Kircher. The museum also conserves the Praeneste fibula, the oldest known inscription in the Latin language.

References

  1. ^ "Preistoria". Museo delle Civiltà (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  2. ^ "Arti e Culture africane, americane, asiatiche e oceaniane". Museo delle Civiltà (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  3. ^ Basili, Giorgia (2022-07-21). "Intervista ad Andrea Viliani, direttore del Museo delle Civiltà" (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-08-01.

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Preceded by
Palazzo delle Esposizioni 		Landmarks of Rome
Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography 		Succeeded by
Porta San Paolo Railway Museum
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