Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography
- Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography
The Luigi Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography is a public and research museum located in Rome, Italy. Established in 1876 [ [http://www.emmeti.it/Arte/Lazio/ProvRoma/Roma/museo_luigi_pigorini.uk.html Datatravel website - Pigorini] , accessed 2008-02-12.] , by Luigi Pigorini it is currently directed by Maria Antonietta Fugazzola. [ [http://www.pigorini.arti.beniculturali.it/ Pigorini website, contact information] , accessed 2008-02-12.] One important collection the Pigorini houses is Neolithic artifacts from Lake Bracciano.Another is the early ethnographic collection of Athanasius Kircher.
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
*commonscat-inline|Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography
* [http://www.pigorini.arti.beniculturali.it/ Pigorini website]
References
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