The new museum, recently inaugurated inside a typical renovated rural complex, is located near the vast archaeological area where the pre-Roman settlement and then the Roman city of Altinum developed, on the edge of the northern lagoon of Venice. The current exhibition unfolds on two floors of a former 19th-century rice mill following a chrono-thematic itinerary: the sections dedicated to the prehistory of the territory and pre-Roman Altino on the ground floor and the Roman city in its various expressions of daily life, social, and economic aspects on the first floor. For the first time, pre-Roman evidence documenting the birth and development of the city is displayed alongside reconstructions of important Celtic burials and Romanization. Unique is the section dedicated to the horses buried with their harnesses, recalling the value that such animals had among the ancient Veneti.

One section houses evidence of the Venetic language, often found on votive offerings, such as the pottery used in rituals to document the cults practiced by the ancient Veneti alongside other manifestations of devotion. Domestic life tools, rich ceramic and glassware, precious ornaments, alongside evidence of the various and famous Altinian productions, such as the highly prized wool, in addition to the important city monuments, illustrate the prosperity of the Roman city. The journey will be completed on the third floor of the building with the section dedicated to Roman funerary customs and the late antique-early medieval age. Outside, in the Museum's garden, five funerary enclosures and two monumental mausoleums will be reconstructed to evoke the rich funerary monuments that were found along the consular roads, such as the Annia and the Claudia Augusta. Of exceptional interest will be the exhibition dedicated to the emporium sanctuary discovered during the construction of the museum, with dedications to the eponymous god Altino, highlighting the important role of a commercial port played by the pre-Roman and Roman city.