Museo delle Civiltà

About the museum

The Museo delle Civiltà was created in 2016 from the merger of four Roman state institutions: the Museo Preistorico Etnografico “Luigi Pigorini”, the Museo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari, the Museo dell'Alto Medioevo and the Museo d'Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”. The collections, very different in origin, have been brought together to offer a unified account of the world's cultures, from prehistory to Italian folk traditions.

The seat is the EUR district, designed for the Universal Exhibition planned for 1942: the Palazzo delle Scienze, in Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, houses the ticket office and the prehistoric and ethnographic collections, while the nearby Palazzo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari hosts the sections devoted to Italian folk culture.

The route includes archaeological finds, objects from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Early Medieval materials and demo-ethno-anthropological collections. One part of the museum, the room dedicated to the Grotta Guattari, is currently closed for extraordinary maintenance works.

Highlights

• Prehistoric and ethnographic collections in the Palazzo delle Scienze
• Collections of Italian folk art and traditions in the Palazzo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
• Sections devoted to Africa, Oceania and the Americas
• Early Medieval materials
• Braille tactile routes in some collections

Permanent exhibitions

• Collezioni permanenti del Palazzo delle Scienze – Route through prehistory, the ethnography of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, and Early Medieval materials.
• Collezioni di arti e tradizioni popolari – Objects of Italian folk culture in the Palazzo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari.

Founded

2016

Operated by

Ministero della Cultura

Visitors per year

approx. 52,402

Admission & discounts

Free admission: First Sunday of the month and 25 April.

The reduced ticket of €2 also applies to pets in the afternoon (14:00–19:00). The Roma Pass is accepted. Free admission is also provided for MiC staff, ICOM members, licensed EU guides and interpreters, and permanent teachers in Italian schools.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Lift to the first and second floors; wheelchairs and reclining chairs (with ID) lent free of charge from the ticket offices, and motorised wheelchairs are also admitted. Equipped toilets on every floor and two disabled parking spaces, one per building. Braille routes in the African, Early Medieval and folk arts and traditions collections.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Kids’ birthday parties

Routes and workshops for schools; birthday parties with a visit and a workshop from the age of 6, with at least two adults.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Bookshop with reduced prices for cardholders.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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