Social:Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography
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|name = Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography |native_name = Museo nazionale preistorico etnografico Luigi Pigorini |native_name_lang = it |image = EthnogRom.JPG |imagesize = 250 |pushpin_map = Rome |caption = The museum building photographed from the facing Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari. |map_caption = |established = 1876 |dissolved = |location = Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 14, I-00144 Rome, Italy |type = archaeology, Art museum |visitors = |director = |curator = |publictransit = |website = www.museocivilta .beniculturali .it
}} The Luigi Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography is a public and research museum located in Rome, Italy. Established in 1876[1] by Luigi Pigorini, it is currently directed by Maria Antonietta Fugazzola.[2] One important collection of the Pigorini houses is Neolithic artifacts from Lake Bracciano. Another is the early ethnographic collection of Athanasius Kircher.
References
- ↑ Datatravel website - Pigorini, accessed 2008-02-12.
- ↑ Pigorini website, contact information, accessed 2008-02-12.
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
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