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It was only in the 19th century that excavations began that led to the discovery of exceptionally important marble statuary ensembles, which were included in the royal collections of turin at the time.

Until the early 20th century, private initiatives prevailed, such as those of Marquis Tomaso Gropallo, Marquis Angelo Remedi and Carlo Fabbricotti, to whom we owe the first research and the creation of private collections of Lunese artefacts.

These important collections are now preserved in various museums, from the “Ubaldo Formentini” Archaeological Museum in La Spezia to the National Archaeological Museum in Florence. The construction of the National Archaeological Museum within the archaeological area in 1964 created the opportunity to exhibit the finds at the site of their discovery.

In the following decades, the interventions of the Archaeological Superintendency of Liguria were aimed at the acquisition of the land and the musealisation of the site, for a better and broader perception of the historical value of Luni and the restitution of the city's image, from colony founded in 177 B.C. to bishopric until 1204.

Between 1991 and 2004, thematic sections were set up within the farmhouses in the archaeological area. The museum is now located in the Casale Gropallo farmhouse, where the project for new exhibition rooms will be completed in 2022.

Director: Antonella Traverso

Conservator: Marcella Mancusi

Use, reception and surveillance services are guaranteed by:

Guido Bologna

Donatella Bottari

Marina Foletti

Robert Justin

Gaetano Gragnano

Judith Kazantjis

Paola Peri

Melania Pirico

Emanuele Polidori

Clare Rigacci

Sonia Massa Makeup

Eliana Valenti

The museum and archaeological zone of luni is a site of the ministry of culture, regional direction, museums liguria.