Museo Naturalistico-Preistorico dei Monti Lucretili “Federico Cesi”
Museum of the Monti Lucretili park in Percile: geological eras, human evolution and local prehistoric flint finds.
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About the museum
The museum, set up by the Ente Parco regionale dei Monti Lucretili, is named after Federico Cesi, founder of the Accademia dei Lincei in 1603. It tells the story of the territory from the geological eras to prehistory, with the aim of presenting traces of the communities that lived in the park area.
The route combines traditional display material with interactive tools and computerised cataloguing of the data. On the ground floor the geological eras and the evolution of humankind are presented with large prints, reconstructions and graphics. The first floor houses the park’s only archaeological collection, with flint tools and materials from the local prehistoric communities, and educational activities. The second floor is devoted to the geology and vegetation of the protected area, with panels and audiovisuals.
The collection is linked to some 650 stone artefacts of the Middle Palaeolithic (Mousterian culture), collected between the late 1960s and the 1980s in localities of the Monti Lucretili such as Monte Gennaro, the Pratone and Monte Pellecchia.
Highlights
- Geological eras and human evolution with large prints and reconstructions
- The park’s only archaeological collection: prehistoric flint tools
- Mousterian stone artefacts of the Middle Palaeolithic from the Monti Lucretili
- Panels and audiovisuals on the park’s geology and vegetation
- Educational activities
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso naturalistico-preistorico – From the geological eras to human evolution, from the local prehistoric flint finds to the park’s geology and flora.
- Operated by
- Ente Parco naturale regionale dei Monti Lucretili
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | The first floor offers educational activities; the park organises guided walks that include a museum visit. |
