Via Giovanni Tasso 1 (Barchesse di Villa Badoer) - 45025 Fratta Polesine (RO)
Tel. 0425 668523 - Fax 0425 668523
Web site http://www.comune.frattapolesine.ro.it/
Summary
The National Archaeological Museum is based in the open barn of Villa Badoer in Fratta Polesine. It presents archaeological collections from the area of Frattesina and its necropolises. This settlement located on the banks of the ancient arm of Po river, is very unique in the Italian Protohistory: it is the source of highly specialised handicraft (glass, bronze, bone/horn), it also used to serve as a contact point with the Mediterranean and central Europe. Two necropolises containing hundreds of tombs (almost all with cremated bodies) have been partly excavated around the living part of the modern city.
Collection history
Frattesina was discovered towards the end of 1960s during deep excavation and tillage works. The initial phase of exploration and research was followed by intense excavation works that lasted till the 1990s. In the middle of 1980s the works on the necropolises in Fondo Zanotto and then in Narde were initiated. The Frattesina site is widely recognised in the european palethnological literature.
Visiting
Admission: Negli orari di apertura; Ticket: Si; Price: Full price 3 Euros; reduced 1,50 Euros; free of charge for under 18 and over 65;
School access
Disabled access Disabled access is limited to ground floor
Opening Times
TipologyWhenSpecs
Summer/WinterMonday8.30 – 19.30
Summer/WinterTuesday8.30 – 19.30
Summer/WinterWednesday8.30 – 19.30
Summer/WinterThursday8.30 – 19.30
Summer/WinterFriday8.30 – 19.30
Summer/WinterSaturday8.30 – 19.30
Summer/WinterSunday8.30 – 19.30
Closed on New Year’s Day, 1st May and Christmas Day. The ticket office closes at 7pm.

Recommended tour time (minutes): 80
Services for visitors
Toilet
Bookshop
Educational Services
Brochure Guide a stampa
Italian
Information boards
Italian
Captions under exhibits
Italian
Guided Tours
Booking required, organised by Studio D: tel. 049 8360553, 348 2858309; e-mail: info@studiodarcheologia.it
Educational activities
Booking required, organised by Studio D: tel. 049 8360553, 348 2858309; e-mail: info@studiodarcheologia.it
Educational workshops
Booking required, organised by Studio D: tel. 049 8360553, 348 2858309; e-mail: info@studiodarcheologia.it
Library and documentation centre
Other activities