National Etruscan Museum

The National Etruscan Museum (Italian: Museo Nazionale Etrusco) is a museum of the Etruscan civilization, housed in the Villa Giulia in Rome, Italy.

This article is about the museum. For the building housing the museum, see Villa Giulia.
National Etruscan Museum
Museo Nazionale Etrusco
Facade of the Villa Giulia in Rome, home of the National Etruscan Museum.
Location of the museum in Rome
Established1889
Locationpiazzale di Villa Giulia, 9 Rome, Italy
TypeNational museum
Sarcophagus of the Spouses, late 6th century BC.

History

The villa was built for Pope Julius III, for whom it was named. It remained in papal property until 1870, when, in the wake of the Risorgimento and the demise of the Papal States, it became the property of the Kingdom of Italy. The museum was founded in 1889 as part of the same nationalistic movement, with the aim of collecting together all the pre-Roman antiquities of Latium, southern Etruria and Umbria belonging to the Etruscan and Faliscan civilizations, and has been housed in the villa since the beginning of the 20th century.

Collections

The museum's most famous single treasure is the terracotta funerary monument, the almost life-size Bride and Groom (the so-called Sarcofago degli Sposi, or Sarcophagus of the Spouses), reclining as if they were at a dinner party.

Other objects held are:

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See also

References
  1. http://www.frommers.com/destinations/rome/attractions/museo-nazionale-etrusco-di-villa-giulia-national-etruscan-museum
  2. http://www.frommers.com/destinations/rome/attractions/museo-nazionale-etrusco-di-villa-giulia-national-etruscan-museum
  • Moretti, Anna Maria Sgubini, ed. (2001). The Villa Giulia National Etruscan Museum: Short Guide. Roma: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider; Ingegneria per la cultura. ISBN 88-8265-012-X.


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