This museum is situated in the converted Giovanni Montemartini Thermoelectric Centre in Ostiense, Rome. It is an extraordinary example of industrial archaeology .
The old machinery of electricity production was left in place and is the backdrop for masterpieces of ancient sculpture, including a couple of large mosaics found in the excavations of the late nineteenth century and the 1930s.
It works very well as a space. It was initially set up as a temporary exhibition space in the late 1990s, but it was popular and it has remained a permanent museum space.
The old machinery of electricity production was left in place and is the backdrop for masterpieces of ancient sculpture, including a couple of large mosaics found in the excavations of the late nineteenth century and the 1930s.
It works very well as a space. It was initially set up as a temporary exhibition space in the late 1990s, but it was popular and it has remained a permanent museum space.
I just loved the mosaics - and this place has the space to display them.
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