Museo Venanzo Crocetti

About the museum

The museum originated from the studio where the sculptor Venanzo Crocetti worked for a long time. After extending the studio and building the house in which he lived until his death, the artist created over several decades the other rooms that now form the museum complex. Crocetti personally designed every part of the place, conceived as a refuge from the noise of the modern world and later, with its opening to the public, destined to become an art space open to all.

The construction of the museum and of the small villa that would become the seat of the Foundation began in the first half of the 1970s; at the end of the 1990s the multipurpose hall was built. The museum has been open to the public since 2002, obtained the Quality Mark of the Lazio Region in 2009 and is included in the regional museum organisation.

The permanent display brings together the sculptor's works made over more than seventy years of activity, spread across five rooms on two floors. In the basement Crocetti himself created a chapel, with decorations in bronze and in “non finito” white marble, intended to hold his ashes. The house-museum, still furnished as in the artist's time, was opened to visitors in 2013 and since 2015 has been part of the circuit of Roman house-museums.

Highlights

• Permanent display of the sculptor's works in five rooms on two floors
• House-museum furnished as in the artist's time
• Chapel in bronze and “non finito” marble designed by Crocetti
• Library and archive of the Foundation
• Interactive map “Crocetti World Wide” of works around the world

Permanent exhibition

• Esposizione permanente delle opere di Venanzo Crocetti – Five rooms on two floors gather the sculptures made by the artist over more than seventy years of activity, with the funerary chapel in the basement.

Founded

2002

Operated by

Fondazione Venanzo Crocetti

Visitors per year

approx. 7,000

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission during opening hours. Guided tours and special visits are by reservation and for a fee.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Bookshop with gadgets and volumes on Crocetti.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties

The multipurpose hall can be rented; exhibition spaces for exhibitions, conferences, concerts and book presentations are booked by request to the Foundation's Scientific Committee.

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