Museo Nazionale Archeologico

Collections

Its collections, structured on two levels, primarily include thematic displays on the remains of the ancient city's numerous necropolises: the Villanovan period for the Sorbo burial ground; the Hellenistic period: the Tasmie tomb and the Banditaccia sarcophagi tomb; various bucchero ceramics, amphorae, funerary vases, and even some figurative sarcophagus lids (original or reproduced). Notable pieces from these archaeological areas are also preserved at the National Etruscan Museum in the Villa Giulia in Rome, and the Louvre in Paris.

Since 2015, the museum has housed two extraordinary finds: the Euphronios Krater and Euphronios Kylix. These are two Attic red-figure pottery pieces from the late 6th century BC, magnificent examples of the finest Athenian ceramic production. Both vases were stolen during illegal excavations in the Cerveteri area and taken abroad, where they were long exhibited: the Krater at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Kylix at the Getty Villa in Malibu. Finally returned to the Italian state, after an initial placement in the National Etruscan Museum, the two masterpieces were permanently relocated to the National Archaeological Museum of Cerveteri.