From 21 November 2023 the National Roman Museum will host the exhibition “Dacia. The last frontier of Romanity" , the largest and most prestigious exhibition of archaeological finds organized by Romania abroad in recent decades, to retrace the historical and cultural development of its territory over more than fifteen hundred years, from the 8th century. BC to the 8th century. A.D

The exhibition, curated by Ernest Oberlander , director of the National Museum of the History of Romania , and Stéphane Verger, director of the National Roman Museum, is linked to the exhibitions in Madrid (National Archaeological Museum, 2021) and Bucharest (National Museum of the History of Romania, 2022), expanding the itinerary: in fact, in Rome (until 21 April 2024) around 1000 objects from 47 Romanian museums will be presented, as well as from the National Museum of History of the Republic of Moldova, exhibited for the first time alongside some finds from the Museum Roman national team.

The theme of the exhibition is the construction of Romanity, already at the center of another major exhibition: “Tota Italia. At the origins of a nation" created with the General Directorate of Museums of the Ministry of Culture, curated by Massimo Osanna and Stéphane Verger (Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, 14 May - 25 July 2021).

The creation of the exhibition “Dacia. The last frontier of Romanity" was made possible thanks to the Embassy of Romania in Italy , in partnership with the National Museum of History of Romania and the National Roman Museum, the Romanian Ministry of Culture , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania , the Ministry of National Defense of Romania , the Romanian Cultural Institute through the Romanian Academy , the Italian Ministry of Culture and the General Directorate of Museums .