Archaeological Museums: Archaeological Museum Claudio Faina

The Faina collection was formed in 1864 by two important members of the household: the earls  Eugenio and Mauro. According to tradition, the original core of the collection consists of 34 vessels would be donated to the count Mauro from Valentini Princess Marie Bonaparte, daughter of Luciano Bonaparte - who discovered the necropolis of Vulci - and nephew of Napoleon. Mauro Faina managed the collection until 1868, his death was inherited by his brother Claudius, and under the care of his nephew Eugene.
The collection, housed first in the family palace in Perugia, Orvieto was transferred to environments where he still here. For Eugene it must be a change in the Broad collections: he stopped to buy antiques market and art directed the interest in the findings that, during the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century, were excavated in the necropolis of Orvieto. Inherited from junior Claudio, the collection now complete, he was kept and made public in 1954.
The Faina palace, located in Piazza del Duomo, is the current home of the Museum became municipal property thanks to the legacy of the family.
On the main floor of the building, the exhibition presents the stages of formation of the collection related to the activities of collectors and Eugenio Mauro. The exhibition opens with the presentation of the rich monetics, continues with a display of artifacts typical of Chiusi and Attic black-figure vases and red figures.
On the second floor, the antiquities are arranged in a chronological and typological criteria: the materials prior to the prehistoric and proto bucchero, the black-figure Attic pottery and bronzes and Etruscan red-figure, three rooms are dedicated to Etruscan pottery. Characteristic of the second floor is a gallery that allows a very particular vision of the Cathedral of Orvieto.
The ground floor houses the Museo Civico, which, divided into three large rooms, houses the oldest collection during the nineteenth century by the city of Orvieto. Among these are worth mentioning at least the Venus Cannicella, chip to head of Warrior and the decoration of the pediment of the Temple Belvedere.