Museo di Antropologia Criminale Cesare Lombroso
University museum in Turin with the collections of Cesare Lombroso: anatomical specimens, photographs, items of evidence and works made by inmates of asylums and prisons.
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About the museum
The museum holds the collections gathered by Cesare Lombroso from 1859 onwards for his studies in criminal anthropology. In 1876 the doctor housed them in his own home; in 1877 they were moved to a laboratory in via Po, and in 1884 part of them was displayed at the Esposizione generale italiana (Italian General Exhibition) at the Valentino.
In 1896 the collection passed to the new seat of the Institute of Legal Medicine in via Michelangelo, where Mario Carrara, a pupil of Lombroso, reorganised it into six rooms and enriched it with material on scientific policing and legal medicine. In 1948 it followed the Institute to corso Galilei: no longer closed, but no longer open to visitors, it became a simple collection again, to which Lombroso’s study, donated by the family, was later added.
Rediscovered in the mid-1970s and partly presented in the exhibition “La scienza e la colpa” (Science and Guilt) of 1985, the collection found its present home in 2001 with the “Museo dell’Uomo” (Museum of Man) project. Today the museum is located in the Palazzo degli Istituti Anatomici in via Pietro Giuria, together with the Museo di Anatomia umana and the Museo della Frutta, and forms part of the Sistema Museale di Ateneo of the University of Turin.
Highlights
- Anatomical specimens, skulls and masks collected for Lombroso’s studies
- Nineteenth-century photographs, drawings and items of evidence
- Handicrafts and artworks made by inmates of asylums and prisons
- Study of Cesare Lombroso, donated by the family
- Housed in the Palazzo degli Istituti Anatomici, with the Museums of Human Anatomy and of Fruit
- Founded
- 1876
- Operated by
- Università degli Studi di Torino - Sistema Museale di Ateneo
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €3Over 65s and young people aged 10 to 18, university students (not from the University of Turin) with a student card, ANMS and FAI members, groups by booking |
| Children & teens | €3free up to age 9 · Reduced from 10 to 18 years; free under 10. |
| Seniors | €3Over 65s. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and companions. |
| Students & apprentices | €3University students not from the University of Turin with a student card; free for students and staff of the University of Turin. |
| Groups | €3 per personReduced rate for groups by booking; public school classes free with telephone booking. |
| Combined ticket for three museums (Lombroso, Human Anatomy, Fruit), standard | €10 |
| Combined ticket for three museums, reduced | €6 |
| Guided tour (1 hour) | €35Rate for the guided tour. |
Free admission: Every Wednesday of the year.
Free admission also for holders of the Abbonamento Musei Torino Piemonte and of the Torino+Piemonte Card, ICOM members, licensed tourist guides, journalists registered with the Order, museum directors and curators, and other categories specified by the museum.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Metro Nizza
Buses 9, 16, 18 and 67; metro, Nizza stop.
Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | School bookings: tel. +39 011 670 7732, Monday to Friday 9:00–13:00 and 14:00–15:00. Private bookings: tel. +39 011 670 8195, Monday to Saturday 9:00–17:00. |
