From 26 June to 11 January 2026
On June 26, 2025, the Museum of Saved Art in the Octagonal Hall of the Baths of Diocletian reopens to the public. The occasion for the reopening is a major exhibition titled New Recoveries, curated by Alfonsina Russo, Sara Colantonio, and Maria Angela Turchetti.
This new exhibition arises from an agreement between the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, the Department for the Enhancement of Cultural Heritage, and the National Roman Museum, involving also the Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and, within it, the Central Institute for Restoration, in an institutional network that strengthens the link between protection, study, and dissemination. To celebrate the reopening and promote public access, admission to the Museum of Saved Art will be free until August 31. Starting from September 1, access will be included in the single ticket for the National Roman Museum, thus enhancing the relationship of its four sites.
The exhibition documents the most significant operations conducted by the TPC Command in the triennium 2022–2025. Thanks to the support of new technologies, such as the Database of Illegally Removed Cultural Assets and the S.W.O.A.D.S. system, based on artificial intelligence, the Carabinieri have recovered an increasing number of works, returning them to the public heritage. The actions include judicial investigations, agreements of cultural diplomacy, and spontaneous returns by citizens and institutions.
The exhibition path presents, among the most relevant materials, the polychrome Etruscan urns from Città della Pieve, accompanied by grave goods and a late Hellenistic bronze sculpture recently repatriated from Belgium, attributable to a Perugian context, comparable to the famous bronzes of San Casciano dei Bagni and closely related to another specimen recovered in 2007. Other significant nuclei include the painted Ceretan slabs from the 6th–5th century BC, Greek and Etruscan bronze weapons, Etruscan and Roman bronze and silver vessels, Magna Graecia terracottas, Etruscan goldsmithing, marble theatrical masks, and votive bronzes. Materials from operations in third countries or crisis areas such as Syria and Egypt are also included, such as faience amulets, votive figurines, seals, stone sculptures, and Coptic fabrics, awaiting restitution.
An entire section is dedicated to spontaneous deliveries: objects returned by citizens aware of the historical and legal value of what they possess, demonstrating the increasing sensitivity towards the protection of common heritage.
Via Enrico de Nicola, 78, Rome, Italy
Opening hours
opens - closes | last entry | |
monday | Closed now | |
tuesday | 09:30 - 19:00 | |
wednesday | 09:30 - 19:00 | |
thursday | 09:30 - 19:00 | |
friday | 09:30 - 19:00 | |
saturday | 09:30 - 19:00 | |
sunday | 09:30 - 19:00 |
Entrance from Piazza della Repubblica
From 11 April to 30 September 2025
Found treasures: stories of crimes and stolen artifacts
MANN - National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Naples