Polo Museale del Lazio

Rome, Palazzo Venezia, seat of the Polo Museale del Lazio

History, Functions and Aims

The Polo Museale del Lazio - i.e., roughly: Museum Center of Lazio - with Rome as its chief town, is an office of Italy's Minister of Cultural Heritage (MIBACT). The office was established on August 29, 2014 and started to work on December 11, 2014, acquiring and organizing museums, institutions and archaeological areas previously managed by eleven offices. Like the others Poli Museali of other regions of Italy, it depends from the Direzione Generale Musei of the same MIBACT.

The Polo Museale manages and valorizes Lazio's museums, institutions, archaeological areas and other cultural sites belonging or given over to the Italian State. An important function of the office is to promote the so-called Art Bonus, a new model of tax relief connected to the world of arts which was introduced in 2014. The office defines common strategies and aims, promotes the integration and organization of museological and cultural itineraries, working together with the Segretario Regionale.

Seat, staff and director

The Polo Museale del Lazio has its seat in Palazzo Venezia, Rome. The office's composed of c. 688 units, divided in scholar and technical experts - many of whom have a wide and international reputation - administrators and custodial staff. The Director of the office is Edith Gabrielli.

Museums, istitutions, cultural sites and public

The Polo Museale del Lazio manages 43 museological institutes: their chronology spans from Antiquity, Middle Age and Modern Age to the Contemporary Age. Some of them deal with the world of anthropology, but the major weight of the office shifts on archaeology, history, art and architecture. A total of some 10 million per year visit institutions which are directly managed by the Polo Museale del Lazio, making it one of the most important institutions of its kind. The most visited sites are the Pantheon, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Abbey of Montecassino, Villa d'Este and Villa Adriana, i.e. Hadrian's Villa.

Alphabetical list of Museums, Institutions and Cultural sites directly managed by the Polo Museale del Lazio

   Abbazia di Casamari – Veroli (Frosinone)
   Abbazia di Fossanova – Priverno (Latina)
   Abbazia di Montecassino – Cassino (Frosinone)
   Abbazia Greca di San Nilo – Grottaferrata (Roma)
   Area Archeologica di Villa Adriana – Tivoli (Roma)
   Basilica di San Cesareo de Appia – Roma
   Basilica di San Francesco – Viterbo
   Cappella dell’Annunziata – Cori (Latina)
   Casa di San Tommaso – Aquino (Frosinone)
   Certosa di Trisulti – Collepardo (Frosinone)
   Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore – Tuscania (Viterbo)
   Chiesa di San Pietro – Tuscania (Viterbo)
   Galleria Spada – Roma
   Monastero di San Benedetto Sacro Speco – Subiaco (Roma)
   Monastero di Santa Scolastica – Subiaco (Roma)
   Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II (Vittoriano) – Roma
   Museo Archeologico dell’Agro Falisco e Forte Sangallo – Civita Castellana (Viterbo)
   Museo Archeologico Nazionale – Civitavecchia (Roma)
   Museo Archeologico Nazionale e Area Archeologica – Sperlonga (Latina)
   Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina e Santuario della Fortuna Primigenia (Roma)
   Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le Arti Decorative, il Costume e la Moda dei secoli XIX e XX – Roma
   Museo dell’Alto Medioevo – Roma
   Museo delle Navi Romane di Nemi (Roma)
   Museo Giacomo Manzù – Ardea (Roma)
   Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen – Roma
   Museo Mario Praz – Roma
   Museo Nazionale Archeologico Cerite – Cerveteri (Roma)
   Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci” – Roma
   Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali – Roma
   Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia e Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte – Roma
   Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo – Roma
   Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Rocca Albornoz – Viterbo
   Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia – Roma
   Museo Nazionale Preistorico ed Etnografico “Luigi Pigorini” – Roma
   Palazzo Altieri – Oriolo Romano (Viterbo)
   Palazzo Farnese – Caprarola (Viterbo)
   Pantheon – Roma
   Santuario Madonna della Quercia – Viterbo
   Torre di Cicerone – Arpino (Frosinone)
   Villa d’Este – Tivoli (Roma)
   Villa Giustiniani – Bassano Romano (Viterbo)
   Villa Lante Bagnaia – Viterbo

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  Palazzo Venezia, seat of the Polo Museale del Lazio, Rome
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  Abbey of Casamari, Veroli (Frosinone)
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  Abbey of Montecassino, Cassino (Frosinone)
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  Greek Abbey of Saint Nilo, Grottaferrata (Rome)
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  Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Rome)
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  San Cesareo de Appia Basilica, Rome
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  San Francesco Basilica, Viterbo
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  Charter House of Trisulti, Collepardo (Frosinone)
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  Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Tuscania (Viterbo)
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  Church of San Pietro, Tuscania (Viterbo)
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  Galleria Spada, Rome
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  Monastry of Saint Benedictus at the Holy Speco, Subiaco (Rome)
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  The Monument to King Vittorio Emanuele II, or Vittoriano, Rome
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  Archaeological Museum of the Agro Falisco and Fort of Sangallo, Civita Castellana (Viterbo)
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  National Archaeological Museum of Palestrina and Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina (Rome)
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  National Archaelogical Museum and Villa of Tiberius, Sperlonga (Latina)
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  Boncompagni Ludovisi Museum for XIXth and XXth Century Applied Arts, Costumes and Fashion, Rome
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  National Museum of Early Middle Ages, Rome
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  National Museum of the Roman Ships, Nemi (Rome)
• "Giacomo Manzù" National Museum, Ardea (Rome)
  "Giacomo Manzù" National Museum, Ardea (Rome)
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  "Hendrik Christian Andersen" National Museum, Rome
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  "Mario Praz" National Museum, Rome
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  Cerite National Archaeological Museum, Cerveteri (Rome)
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  “Giuseppe Tucci” National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome
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  National Museum of Musical Instruments, Rome
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  National Museum of the Palazzo di Venezia and Library of Archaeology and History of Art, Rome
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  Castel Sant’Angelo's National Museum, Rome
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  National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome
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  National Museum of Prehistory and Etnography “Luigi Pigorini”, Rome
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  Palazzo Altieri, Oriolo Romano (Viterbo)
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  Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola (Viterbo)
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  Pantheon, or Santa Maria della Rotonda, Rome
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  Tower of Cicerone, Arpino (Frosinone)
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  Villa d'Este, Tivoli (Rome)
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  Villa Giustiniani, Bassano Romano (Rome)
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  Villa Lante, Bagnaia (Viterbo)

External links

Edith Gabrielli

Museale del Lazio official website