Museo civico di Albano Laziale

About the museum

The museum is housed in the neoclassical Villa Ferrajoli, set within a park, and bears the name of Mario Antonacci. The façade, with a central projecting section with a tetrastyle pronaos and a pediment showing the myth of Ceres teaching agriculture to Triptolemus, leads to interior decorations in a classical-Renaissance style by Giovan Battista Caretti.

The 23 rooms spread over three floors document the Albano area from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages. Particularly important are the remains of Palaeolithic fauna, the Bronze Age artefacts and those of the Latial Culture (the “Albano” period, 11th–9th century BC); the archaic age is represented by a polychrome head of a Latin warrior of the 5th century BC and a temple high relief with a dance of maenads and satyrs.

The Republican and Imperial periods are illustrated by votive objects from local sanctuaries and by everyday objects, as well as by finds from the imperial villas of the area, such as the villa at Cavallacci (marble head of Tiberius Gemellus), the villa of Pompey the Great and the villa near Cancelliera (head of Faustina the Elder). The route is completed by video stations, a rich educational display and a collection of old prints from the 17th to the 20th century, with many works by Giovan Battista Piranesi.

Highlights

• Finds of Palaeolithic fauna and of the Latial Culture
• Polychrome head of a Latin warrior of the 5th century BC
• Finds from the imperial villas, including Tiberius Gemellus and Faustina the Elder
• Collection of old prints with works by Piranesi
• Neoclassical Villa Ferrajoli in a park

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione archeologica di Villa Ferrajoli – Finds from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages from the Albano area, with the Latial Culture, the imperial villas and the collection of old prints with works by Piranesi.

Operated by

Comune di Albano Laziale

Visitors per year

approx. 10,000

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Since 22 July 2026, accessibility for people with mobility impairments has been temporarily suspended because the lift is out of service.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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