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The official inauguration ceremony took place on the 14th of June 1959. President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Gronchi attended this event which transformed a former private villa into a national archaeological museum for Abruzzo.
Neapolitan architect Enrico Riccio designed the structure in 1830. Smoothly covered brick defines the exterior walls and windows with gables punctuate the facade facing Villa comunale.
The bronze statue known as the Warrior of Capestrano stands among the most significant finds in the collection. A headless female statue called the Lady of Capestrano was discovered near the warrior figure to represent the artistic achievements of the Vestini people.
The first floor focuses specifically on the history of four ancient peoples including the Vestini, Peligni, Carricini, and Marrucini tribes. Aristocratic funeral beds from the cismontane Vestini people occupy dedicated display cases alongside small bronze statues like Hercules Curinus.
Lawyer and scholar Giovanni Pansa created a private collection that he donated in 1954. This donation included different bronze figures and other antiquities now held by the museum to form core holdings today.