Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography
Archaeology, Art museum in Rome, Italy
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The "Luigi Pigorini" National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography was a public and research museum located in Rome, Italy. Established in 1875 and opened in 1876[1][2] by Luigi Pigorini, from 2016, its collections became part of the newly instituted Museo delle Civiltà, currently directed by Andrea Viliani.[3] The museum was housed in the Collegio Romano from 1875 to 1923.[4]
Museo nazionale preistorico etnografico Luigi Pigorini | |
The museum building photographed from the facing Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari. | |
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| Established | 1876 |
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| Location | Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 14, I-00144 Rome, Italy |
| Coordinates | 41°49′56″N 12°28′17″E |
| Type | Archaeology, Art museum |
| Website | www |
Holdings
By the time of Pigorini's death in 1925, the museum had amassed more than 170,000 items.[4]
These included Neolithic artifacts from Lake Bracciano, the early ethnographic collection of Athanasius Kircher, and the Praeneste fibula, the oldest known inscription in the Latin language.[citation needed] It also houses the Upper Paleolithic Venus of Savignano.
