The museum, inaugurated in 2005, was created to offer an immersive experience capable of finding a balance between the traditional set up of the archeological collections and the innovation of new multimedia communication technologies.

The itinerary covers five different thematic spaces, each assigned to a specific section. To welcome visitors as they enter the museum is Minerva Tritonia, a life-sized terracotta female statue from the V century that portrays the goddess Minerva, a deity to whom one of the most important sanctuaries of ancient Lavinium was dedicated.

The terracotta statues displayed in the first room of the ground floor, made between the V and III century BC and originally polychrome, that stand out for their quality and attention to detail, also belong to the votive collection tied to the worship of Minerva. Part of the same collection are the votive heads displayed in the first room of the second floor, dedicated to Mundus Muliebris, where the detailed reproduction of jewels and hair styles bear witness to the luxury and prestige of the nobles and rich classes that visited the shrine.
The tour then leads visitors to a room dedicated to Aenas, mythical hero and founder of the ancient city of Lavinium, known as “civitas religiosa” (religious town) because of its numerous important sanctuaries. The most important of these sanctuaries is located in the sacred area of the Thirteen Altars, a cultural location where many diversified votive materials were rediscovered, including the famous Dioscuri cup, from VI century BC.

The Museum itinerary ends in an immersive room dedicated to the so-called Heroon of Aeneas, a burial mound that has, over the centuries, preserved its precious trousseau, and which has been associated with the figure of Aeneas since the IV century BC.

Campagna fotografica realizzata nell’ambito del progetto “Oltre Roma” e finanziata dalla Regione Lazio, Avviso Pubblico “La cultura fa sistema 2021”