Museum Underground Museum

The new archaeological section of the Bishops' Museum (Mu.Ve) is located in a highly evocative underground place. A very ancient place, which emerged thanks to archaeological excavations which identified the perimeter remains of a Roman insula, which once overlooked the Forum area and whose same floor level is still walked on today. From this excavation, the ancient grain tanks are visible, once located in the lower floors of the Roman building, used for the conservation of foodstuffs. On the pillars of the Roman building and partly using its stones and tuffs, an oil mill was built in the second half of the 17th century, which already at the time had the characteristic of being semi-underground. Of the building's use as an oil mill, traces of the wooden beams for the grinders and presses have been found on the walls, as well as a stretch of channel, of an intricate system of convergence of the oil in the ancient Roman grain cisterns. In this place, completely renovated, are the Conference Hall of the Bishops' Museum, the educational laboratory rooms, the restoration laboratory and the museum archaeological section.

The latter is made up of over 3000 finds, dating back to the 7th century BC. to the 3rd century AD, formerly belonging to the Collection of the Cathedral of San Sabino and the result of ancient eighteenth-century discoveries and donations. With a dynamic system, these rooms host frequently restored finds and temporary exhibitions of artistic and archaeological themes, also becoming a place of training for students from elementary to high school classes, with continuous forms of collaboration.