The Agostinelli Museum originates from the lifelong collection of the collector Domenico Agostinelli, who moved to Rome in 1959. The museum contains 60,000 objects of popular culture divided and classified into four hundred and fifty collections, ranging from buttons to human teeth, from autographs to boot jacks.
The Museum was inaugurated around the Sixties, but officially recognized by the Superintendent of Fine Arts only in 1992. Among the curiosities of the Museum, we highlight the presence of letters written by Mazzini and addressed to Garibaldi, artifacts from the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, and an 18th-century list of books placed on the index.
Finally, it is worth noting a unique project organized by Agostinelli, namely the Time Capsule: a series of objects belonging to our contemporary era, such as color televisions and CD players, are gathered in a single room that will be opened only in 2050, when this collection will represent a subject of antiquarian study for future generations.
