Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Formia

Beautiful

Historic Italy as seen through the eyes of a relatively small town by the seaside. Plenty to see, and more in the hinterland. I will try to post on all locations we visit

Not worth the effort nor the e3

Small museo, 3 rooms one of amphoras and the other 2 of a few statues in various states of decay. Not one was a 100% complete and the information notices were in Italian only. Formia could and shoul...

Small, but very good collection

The collection for this museum is small (just a few rooms, no more than a half an hour or so to see), but it is very nice. It is quite heavy on large statuary pieces and portraiture, and there are som...

Small but worth a look

Kid-friendly museum of Roman antiquities from the Formia area. Contains mostly Roman statues. No English explanatory notes.

Extraordinary Roman sculpture

Extraordinary Roman portrait statues- togati, male figures in heroic nudity, and portrait heads- as well as ideal and decorative sculptures can be seen on this rather under-publicized and uneelcoming,...