The museum of the Fori Imperiali reopens today
This article is written for my guests at the Rome Bed and Breakfasts Little Italy and Chaplin Hostel.
Museo dei Fori Imperiali
The Museo dei Fori Imperiali reopens today, after having been closed for more than 2 years due to work at Trajan’s Markets.
Around 40 thousand fragments were found and placed in storage during the excavations in the 1930s, and more were added during the 1997 excavations.
Unfortunately many of the masterpieces were turned to dust when the marble of the Forums was used to create chalk.
Trajan
Trajan himself, under whose reign the empire reached its biggest expansion, is barely represented in the new museum. More than others it is Caesar, with the remains of his offices, and August, with the fragments of his enormous statue, who take up a big part of the space.
For the immediate future the restorations of the Ulpia basilica and of Trajan’s library are planned.
Exhibitions
Right now there is an exhibition of the Japanes scuptor Ken Yasuda, while the next show will be about the Dacians.