Museums in Italy

Gregorian Egyptian Museum
Rome, Italy

Pope Gregory XVI had the Gregorian Egyptian Museum founded in 1839. It houses monuments and artefacts of ancient Egypt partly coming from Rome and from Villa Adriana (Tivoli), where they had been transferred mostly in the Imperial age, and partly from private collections, that is purchased by nineteenth century collectors. The Popes’ interest in Egypt was connected with the fundamental role attributed to this country by the Sacred Scripture in the History of Salvation. The Museum occupies nine rooms divided by a large hemicycle that opens towards the terrace of the "Niche of the Fir Cone", in which there are numerous sculptures. The last two rooms house finds from ancient Mesopotamia and from Syria-Palestine.

National Museum of Archeology - Museo Nazionale Archeologico
Piazza Museo 19, Amalfi Coast
Tel: 39 081 564 8941

Built in the early 17th century, the palazzo housing this museum was chosen in 1777 by King Ferdinand I as the perfect home for the immense Farnese collection of ancient artefacts from Egypt and Greece. These were inherited from his grandmother Elisabetta Farnese. Discoveries from Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum were added later, making this one of the world’s best archaeological museums. Also here is the Gabinetto segreto, a collection of ancient pornography uncovered at Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The Capitoline Museums
Piazza del Campidoglio 1, Rome 00186, Italy
Tel: 06 82059127

The Capitoline Museums are a group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the famous Capitoline Hill. The museums are located within a central trapezoidal piazza, at the center of which is a statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Palazzo Senatorio
Palazzo dei Conservatori - The collection here is dedicated to ancient sculpture of Roman, Greek and Egyptian.
Palazzo Nuovo - Houses statues, inscriptions, sarcophagi, busts, mosaics, and other ancient Roman artifacts.