Museo Archeologico «A. Vernarecci»
Archaeological museum in the Corte Alta, the ducal palace of Fossombrone: local finds from prehistory to the Roman town of Forum Sempronii.
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About the museum
The museum was founded in 1901 by the scholar Monsignor Augusto Vernarecci, a native of Fossombrone, together with the core of the civic picture gallery. After damage suffered by its first home during the war, in the sixties of the 20th century it was moved to the Corte Alta, the ducal palace commissioned by Federico da Montefeltro, where the Pinacoteca civica (civic picture gallery) is also housed today.
In 1997 the rooms were completely redisplayed, because discoveries and excavations at Forum Sempronii had enlarged the collections. The route documents the succession of cultures in the area: from the first flint tools of the Palaeolithic and Neolithic to the Picene civilisation, present from the 9th century BC, up to the many finds from the Roman town of Forum Sempronii, on the Via Flaminia about two kilometres from present-day Fossombrone.
Statues and other movable finds from Forum Sempronii are kept in the museum’s rooms; the archaeological park of the Roman site can be visited by groups by reservation.
Highlights
- Flint tools from the Palaeolithic and Neolithic
- Evidence of the Picene civilisation from the 9th century BC
- Finds and statues from Forum Sempronii
- Housed in the Corte Alta, ducal palace of Federico da Montefeltro
Permanent exhibition
- Collezione archeologica permanente – Materials of local origin from prehistory to Roman civilisation, with the finds from Forum Sempronii.
- Founded
- 1901
- Operated by
- Comune di Fossombrone
- Visitors per year
- approx. 792
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
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| Reduced | €3groups of more than 10 people |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 12 · Free admission for children up to 12 years, if accompanied by their families. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freeFree admission for persons with disabilities. |
| Groups (11+ people) | €3 per personGroups of more than 10 people: €3 for one site. |
| Combined ticket for all sites | €12Reduced €10 for groups of more than 10 people. |
| Schools (per site) | €1 |
| Archaeological Park of Forum Sempronii (groups of more than 10 people only) | €3 |
Prices approved by Giunta resolution no. 25 of 12 March 2021. Free admission also for authorised tourist guides, teachers accompanying classes and drivers.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | Visits on request at the Punto IAT. Visiting the two museums of the Corte Alta also lets you see the interior of the Corte Alta, the only one of the city’s three courts that can be visited today. The museum has a brochure. |
