The National Etruscan Museum (Museo Nazionale Etrusco) is housed in the Villa Giulia, built in 1551 for Pope Julius III.
The Museum was founded in 1889 with the aim of collecting together all the pre-Roman antiquities of Latium, southern Etruria and Umbria belonging to the Etruscan and Faliscan civilizations, and has been housed in the villa since the beginning of the 20th century.
Highlights includes the terracotta funerary monument, the sarcophagus of the Bride and Groom from Cerveteri (sixth century BC) reclining as if they were at a dinner party; the statue of Apollo from Veio (sixth century BC); and The Etruscan-Phoenician Pyrgi Tablets.
Times and Prices
Tues - Sun: 8.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Price: 4 Euro
Location
Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
Off Vielle Delle Belle Arti
(Within the Borghese Park)
Tel: 06 82077304
How to Get There
METRO RED A LINE: Flaminio - approx 15 minute walk)
 | The sarcophagus of the Bride and Groom
from Cerveteri (sixth century BC) |
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