Museo Archeologico Nazionale Cerite
State museum in the Ruspoli castle in Cerveteri, with finds from the Etruscan necropoleis and the krater and kylix by Euphronios.
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About the museum
The museum, opened in 1967, is located in the historic centre of Cerveteri, in the castle of the Ruspoli family: a 13th-century fortress built of tufa, lava and brick, with several towers, a rectangular body and sections of the Etruscan walls of the 4th century BC.
The collections bring together finds from the necropoleis and the city of Cerveteri. On the ground floor are the grave goods of the Sorbo necropolis (9th–7th century BC), while the upper hall houses painted Greek vases of the 6th–4th centuries BC from funerary contexts, and Hellenistic sarcophagi. There are also materials from the Banditaccia and Monte Abatone necropoleis and from the excavations at the Civita.
The krater and kylix signed by Euphronios (the potter) and painted by Onesimos, recovered by the Carabinieri in the United States and returned to Italy in 2015, are among the best-known pieces. The route also includes multimedia stations, such as touch screens with narration by Piero Angela and the e-Archeo HI installation, in which visitors converse with Vel Apucu, a life-size Etruscan entrepreneur.
Highlights
- Krater and kylix by Euphronios and Onesimos, returned to Italy in 2015
- Grave goods from the Sorbo necropolis (9th–7th century BC)
- Painted Greek vases of the 6th–4th century BC and Hellenistic sarcophagi
- Reconstruction of a chamber tomb from Greppe Sant'Angelo with the statue of the demon Charun
- e-Archeo HI multimedia installation with the character Vel Apucu
Permanent exhibition
- Collezione permanente del museo di Cerveteri – Finds from the necropoleis and the city of Cerveteri, from the Sorbo grave goods to the Greek vases, with the krater and kylix by Euphronios.
- Founded
- 1967
- Operated by
- Parco archeologico di Cerveteri e Tarquinia (PACT)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 16,719
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €13 |
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| Reduced | €2Visitors aged 18 to 25 |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free admission for under-18s. |
| PACT circuit (Cerveteri and Tarquinia, four sites) | €21Valid for four months from issue. |
| Annual PACT pass | €30Unlimited entries to the four sites. |
| Annual pass for residents of Cerveteri and Tarquinia | €20 |
| Single event (exhibition, concert, performance) | €4 |
Free admission: First Sunday of the month (Museum Sunday, Domenica al museo): museum and necropolis free, the temporary exhibition costs €2.
The €13 ticket is the combined site ticket, valid for 30 days, for the museum and the Banditaccia necropolis of Cerveteri; no separate ticket for the museum alone is listed. Free admissions and concessions provided by the Ministry of Culture remain valid. Tickets are sold online at museiitaliani.it.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The museum offers multimedia stations; the audio guides listed on the website relate to the Etruscan necropoleis of Cerveteri and Tarquinia. Educational activities are planned for schools. |
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