National Museum of Oriental Art
Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale Giuseppe Tucci | |
Established | 1957 | upright
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Location | Via Merulana, 248, 00185 Rome, Italy |
Coordinates | 41°49′57″N 12°28′18″E / 41.832465°N 12.471674°E |
Type | archaeology, Art museum |
Website | www |
Rome's National Museum of Oriental Art "Giuseppe Tucci" (Italian: Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale 'Giuseppe Tucci' ) was a museum in
Rione Esquilino
.
History
It was founded in 1957 and closed in 2017, when its collections were transferred to the
EUR suburb.[1]
Collection
The museum was founded upon a collection of art objects from
Swat, namely the Butkara Stupa, Barikot, Panr, and Aligrama among others. Other holdings include items from the Palace of Mas'ud III and the Buddhist shrine of Tape Sardar at Ghazni, Afghanistan, and the prehistoric city of Shahr-e Sokhteh, in eastern Iran
.
See also
References
Cited sources
- ^ "Rome's National Museum of Oriental Art moves to EUR". November 15, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
Further reading
- Il Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale a Palazzo Brancaccio, Livorno, Sillabe, 1997.
- C. Delvecchio, "Civiltà lontane al Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale", Lazio ieri e oggi, a. XLII, 4, 2006, pp. 124–127.
External links
- Media related to Museo nazionale d'arte orientale (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons
Preceded by Museum of the Liberation of Rome |
Landmarks of Rome National Museum of Oriental Art |
Succeeded by Palazzo delle Esposizioni |