Museums

Sapienza’s Polo Museale
Director: Prof. Luigi Campanella, e-mail: luigi.campanella@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 3725
Website: http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/
e-mail: polomusealesapienza@uniroma1.it
Webmaster for Polo museale and museums:
Vincenza Ferrara, e-mail: vincenza.ferrara@uniroma1.it

What is Polo Museale?
Polo Museale della Sapienza (PMS) is an integrated network of university museums created to coordinate activities and to rationalise and share resources. Sapienza Universiy has more than 20 museums exhibiting collections that represent a vast cultural and scientific heritage. Exhibits include archaeological finds, instruments, materials, specimens, antique texts and unique pieces left to the university by some of its most illustrious former scholars. The museums offer students a wealth of primary material which enriches the learning experience as well as deepening research into various academic fields.

The PMS carries out various activities such as training for museum guides and operators, organising cultural events for the university and wider community, requesting funding and deciding the distribution of the museums’ pooled resources. Recently, the PMS launched a self-guided tour for visually impaired people in some of its museums. This was the first step towards making PMS museums open to an even wider public and to enhancing the inclusion of differently abled people.

Structure
The PMS is divided into 5 sections. Each museum is grouped under one of the five sections depending on which academic discipline it belongs to.

• Archaeology (Italian and Etruscan Antiquities, Classic Art Museum, Museum of the Origins of Man, Near East Archaeology Museum)
• Contemporary Art (Contemporary Art Museum Laboratory)
• Medicine (History of Medicine Museum, Anatomy Museum)
• Science and Technology (Chemistry Museum, Physics Museum, Hydraulics Museum, Commodity Science Museum, Art and Mineral Deposits Museum)
• Natural World (Mineralogy Museum, Geology Museum, Palaeontology Museum, Comparative Anatomy Museum, Anthropology Museum, Zoology Museum, Botanic Gardens, Herbarium Museum).

The integrated network model has allowed the PMS to create a single information system for all its museums. This means that every museum uses the same cataloguing system and takes part in the same technological and cultural projects organised by Sapienza University. The network also works in conjunction with local organisations such as the Regional Schooling Office and with the Ministry for Education and Research to create custom-made educational tours in specific fields of study. It also works with tour operators and various tourism companies to increase visibility of all its museums. The PSM offers the following services on location and/or online:

• reception
• audio-guides
• teaching spaces inside the museums
• live demonstration areas
• online newsletter

The museums are open to all staff and students of the university, as well as to the general public. For opening hours and other information, please check the individual museum websites. 

Archaeology
Curator: Dr. Claudia Carlucci
e-mail: claudia.carlucci@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 3037

- Museum of the Origins of Man
P.le Aldo Moro n. 5
e-mail: musori@rmcisadu.let.uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 49913924; F (+39) 06 4991 3653
Director: Prof. Alessandra Manfredini, e-mail: alessandra.manfredini@uniroma1.it
Staff: Dr. Cecilia Conati Barbaro, e-mail: cecilia.conati@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=9

- Near East Archaeology Museum
Via Palestro n.  63
T (+39) 06 4466 611; F (+39) 06 4466 611
Director: Prof. Paolo Matthiae
Staff: Prof. Maria Giulia Amadasi, e-mail: mariagiulia.amadasi@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=6

- Museum of Italian and Etruscan Antiquities
P.le Aldo Moro n. 5
e-mail: museo.etruscologia@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 3315; F (+39) 06 4991 3981
Director: Prof. Maria Paola Baglione, e-mail: paola.baglione@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=7

- Classic Art Museum (Plaster Casts)
P.le Aldo Moro n. 5
T (+39) 06 4991 3960 ; (+39) 06 4991 3827; F (+39) 06 499  3955
Director: Prof. Maria Grazia Picozzi, e-mail: mariagrazia.picozzi@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=8

Contemporary Art
- Contemporary Art Laboratory
P.le Aldo Moro n. 5
e-mail: muslab@uniroma1.it T (+39) 06 4991 0653; F (+39) 06 4991 0365

Director (Honorary): Prof. Simonetta Lux
e-mail: simonetta.lux@uniroma1.it
Director (Functional): Prof. Marta Fattori
Curator: Domenico Scudero, e-mail: domenico.scudero@uniroma1.it;
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=10

Medicine
Curator: Dr. Alessandro Aruta
T (+39) 06 4991 4445

- History of Medicine Museum
Viale dell’Università n. 34/A
e-mail: museo.stomed@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 4445; F (+39) 06 4451721
Director: Prof. Valentina Gazzaniga, e-mail: valentina.gazzaniga@uniroma1.it
Staff: Dr. Alessandro Aruta, e-mail: alessandro.aruta@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=14

- Anatomy Museum
Viale Regina Elena n. 324
T - F (+39) 06 4461 484 ; (+39) 06 4905 26 ; (+39) 06 4997 0261
Director: Prof. Pietro Gallo, e-mail: pietro.gallo@uniroma1.it
Staff: Dr. Cira di Gioia, e-mail: cira.digioia@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=4

Natural World
Curator: Dr. Michele Macrì, e-mail: michele.macri@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 4887

- Comparative Anatomy Museum “Battista Grassi”
Via A. Borelli n. 50
T (+39) 06 4991 8006 ; (+39) 06 4991 8009; F (+39) 06 4467 516
Director: Prof. Luciana Sola, e-mail: luciana.sola@uniroma1.it 
T (+39) 06 4991 8009
Prof. Ernesto Capanna, e-mail: ernesto.capanna@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 8008
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=3

- Anthropology Museum "Giuseppe Sergi"
P.le Aldo Moro n. 5
e-mail: museo-antropologia@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 2495 ; (+39) 06 4991 2690
Director: Prof. Giorgio Manzi, e-mail: giorgio.manzi@uniroma1.it
http://w3.uniroma1.it/museo_antropologia

- Herbarium Museum
P.le Aldo Moro n. 5
e-mail: erbarioro@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 2410; F (+39) 06 4991 2409
Director: Prof. Giovanna Abbate, e-mail: giovanna.abbate@uniroma1.it
Staff: Maurizio Pierfranceschi
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=12

- Geology Museum
P.le Aldo Moro n. 5
e-mail: museo.geologia@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 4825; F (+39) 06 4463 068
Director: Prof. Laura Corda, e-mail: laura.corda@uniroma1.it 
Staff: Alvaro Macchioni, e-mail: alvaro.macchioni@uniroma1.it
Catia Pietracatella, e-mail: catia.pietracatella@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=13

- Minerology Museum
P.le Aldo Moro n. 5
e-mail: musmin.roma@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 4887; F (+39) 06 4454 729
Director: Prof.ssa Adriana Maras, e-mail: adriana.maras@uniroma1.it
Staff: Dr. Michele Macrì, e-mail: michele.macri@uniroma1.it
Flora Panzarino, e-mail: flora.panzarino@uniroma1.it
Sandra Biagetti, e-mail: sandra.biagetti@uniroma1.it
http://musmin.geo.uniroma1.it.

- Paleantology Museum
P.le Aldo Moro n.5
e-mail: museo.paleo@uniroma1.it
T (+39) 06 4991 4315; F (+39) 06 4454 729
Director: Prof. Sandra Conti, e-mail: sandra.conti@uniroma1.it 
Staff: Linda Riti, e-mail: linda.riti@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=17

- Botanic Gardens
L.go Cristina di Svezia n. 24
T/F (+39) 06 4991 2358
Mobile:  3481340884
Director: Prof. Carlo Blasi, e-mail: carlo.blasi@uniroma1.it
Reception: T-F (+39) 06 4991 7107
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=16

- Zoology Museum
Piazzale Valerio Massimo n. 6
T (+39) 06 4991 4742; F (+39) 06 4958 259
Director: Prof. Augusto Vigna Taglianti, e-mail: augusto.vignataglianti@uniroma1.it
Staff: Dr. Niccolò Falchi, e-mail: niccolo.falchi@uniroma1.it
Maurizio Mei, e-mail: maurizio.mei@uniroma1.it
Dr. Emanuele Piattella, e-mail: emanuele.piattella@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=19

Science and Technology
- Chemistry Museum “Primo Levi”
P.le Aldo Moro n. 5
e-mail: museodichimica@uniroma1.it
T-F (+39) 06 4991 3167
Director: Prof. Luigi Campanella, e-mail: luigi.campanella@uniroma1.it
Staff: Dr. Maria Giuliana Troiani, e-mail: mariagiuliana.troiani@uniroma1.it
http://w3.uniroma1.it/museochimica/sitochimica/index.asp

- Physics Museum
P.le Aldo Moro n. 5; (Physics Department, Enrico Fermi Building)
T (+39) 06 4991 3490; F (+39) 06 4463 158
Director: Prof. Giovanni Battimelli, e-mail: giovanni.battimelli@roma1.infn.it
Staff: Prof. Maria Grazia Ianniello, e-mail: mariagrazia.ianniello@uniroma1.it, T (+39) 06 4991 3454
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=18

- Hydraulics Museum
Via Eudossiana n. 18
T (+39) 06 4458 5084; F (+39) 06 4991 5091
Director: Prof. Antonio Cenedese, e-mail: antonio.cenedese@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=20

- Commodity Science Museum
Via del Castro Laurenziano n. 9ù
e-mail: museomerceologia@uniroma1.it
T-F (+39) 06 4976 6528;

Director: Prof. Ernesto Chiacchierini
Staff: Dr. Patrizia Falconi, e-mail: patrizia.falconi@uniroma1.it, T (+39) 06 4976 6316 ;
(+39) 06 4976 6528, Mobile: 3385898573 
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=1

- Art and Mineral Deposits Museum
Via Andrea Doria n. 3; (Engineering Faculty of Latina)
T (+39) 0773 629 969 ; (+39) 06 4458 5826; F (+39) 06 4458 5618
Director: Dr. Giovanna Saviano, e-mail: giovanna.saviano@uniroma1.it
http://www.musei.uniroma1.it/informamuseoen.asp?ID=2