The Roman Ship Museum was created between 1933 and 1939 to house two imperial ships belonging to the emperor Caligula (37-41 AD) that were recovered from the waters of the lake Nemi between 1929 and 1931. The Museum was destroyed by a fire in 1944 but was finally reopened at the end of the 1980s.

Objects and documents relating to the hulls of the ships and the history of their recovery are on exhibition in the museum building.
A pre and protohistoric section has on show stone objects, relics from the Middle Bronze Age (XVI century B.C.) and Iron Age (XI-VIII century B.C.) from settlements and necropolises in the area of the Castelli Romani in the province of Rome.

A section is reserved for the population of the area of Albano in the republican and imperial age with special attention to some aspects of religiousness. Archaeological finds from the digs in the Sanctuary of Diana Nemorense and high-quality artistic objects discovered during digs in Ardea and ancient Satricum, including architectural material in terracotta and ceramics from votive deposits are also on exhibition. Part of the archaeological collection of the Ruspoli Castle in Nemi is also on show.
 
 
 

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