Musée Agostinelli, Modern art and ethnographic museum in Dragona, Rome, Italy.
Museo Agostinelli is a private museum at 48 Via Donato Bartolomeo in the Dragona frazione, Acilia Nord, Rome. It holds Domenico Agostinelli's collection of 60,000 objects of popular culture, divided into 450 collections, from buttons and human teeth to autographs and boot jacks.
The collection was assembled over a lifetime by Domenico Agostinelli, born in Campli in 1940 and living in Rome from 1959. It became a private museum in the Dragona frazione, near Acilia, and is cited, with its founder, in Elena Stancanelli's book A immaginare una vita ce ne vuole un'altra.
The museum takes its name from Domenico Agostinelli, born in Campli in 1940 and in Rome from 1959, who gathered the objects over a lifetime. The collections are ordered alphabetically, running from buttons and human teeth to autographs, antennas, cars and taps. Elena Stancanelli's book A immaginare una vita ce ne vuole un'altra recounts part of their story.
The museum is a private collection at 48 Via Donato Bartolomeo in the Dragona frazione, Acilia Nord, on Rome's western edge. The 60,000 objects are classified alphabetically into 450 collections, so allow time to follow the sequence rather than expecting thematic rooms. Confirm opening times before travelling, as this is a private museum.
Domenico Agostinelli, born in Campli in 1940 and in Rome since 1959, gathered the 60,000 objects over a lifetime. The museum and its founder appear in Elena Stancanelli's book A immaginare una vita ce ne vuole un'altra, which recounts part of the collections' history.
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