Museo Civico di Archeologia Ligure
The Museo Civico di Archeologia Ligure sits in Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini, a Genoa treasure bequeathed to the city in 1928 by the Pallavicini heirs to foster cultural use. Opened as the civic archaeology museum in 1936, the collection reflects Liguria’s deep prehistory, later enriched through collaboration with Luigi Cardini and Luigi Bernabò Brea. The galleries trace human life in the region from tens of thousands of years ago to the end of the Roman era, with highlights from Ponente caves such as Balzi Rossi, the Toirano caves, and the Finalese grotto, plus funerary evidence from the Ligurian Iron Age and pre-Roman Genoese necropolises. After World War II, the remains were reassembled for public display, with subsequent expansions in the early 2000s adding didactic supports across 13 rooms arranged chronologically. …
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