The "Luigi Pigorini" National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography is a public and research museum located in Rome, Italy. Established in 1875 and opened in 1876 [1][2] by Luigi Pigorini, from 2016 it is one of the four museums inside the Museum of Civilizations' network, and is currently directed by Andrea Viliani.[3]

Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography

Museo nazionale preistorico etnografico Luigi Pigorini
The museum building photographed from the facing Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari.
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Established	1876 (1876)upright
Location	Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 14, I-00144 Rome, Italy
Coordinates	41°49′56″N 12°28′17″E
Type	archaeology, Art museum
Website	www.museocivilta.beniculturali.it

Holdings

One important collection of the Pigorini houses is Neolithic artifacts from Lake Bracciano. Another is the early ethnographic collection of Athanasius Kircher. The museum also conserves the Praeneste fibula, the oldest known inscription in the Latin language.

References

Further reading

• Brizzi, Bruno [ed.] 1976 The Pigorini Museum Rome, Quasar. 424 page catalogue with hundreds of plates in colour and black and white.

External links

• Pigorini website
• European Virtual Museum
• Media related to Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography at Wikimedia Commons

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