# Tarquinia National Museum in Palazzo Vitelleschi

What to do en Cerveteri and Tarquinia · Cerveteri and Tarquinia

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/things-to-do/tarquinia-national-museum · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 1 h 30
- Temporada: All year, Tuesday to Sunday
- Para quién: Before the necropolis; rainy days; teenagers

Gothic-Renaissance palace with the terracotta winged horses, Etruscan sarcophagi and several painted tombs moved and rebuilt on the top floor.

The museum occupies Palazzo Vitelleschi, a 15th-century palace on Piazza Cavour, at the entrance to the old town. It is one of the great Etruscan museums of Italy, and its most famous piece is the winged horses, a terracotta high relief that decorated a temple of ancient Tarquinia. It also has rooms of sarcophagi with the dead reclining on the lid, imported Greek pottery and, on the top floor, several painted tombs that were removed from the necropolis to save them and reassembled here as they were. This year the park presents there the exhibition In viaggio nel Regno delle Ombre, on the Etruscan painting of Tarquinia and Orvieto.
Opening times and tickets
Tuesday to Sunday, from 9:00 to 19:30 (last entry at 18:30); closed on Mondays. Included in the Tarquinia combined ticket (€13) with the Monterozzi necropolis. Under-18s free. Temporary exhibitions carry a €2 supplement.
Fitting it in
Start here and then go to the necropolis, about 2 km away: the museum prepares you for the tombs. From the palace terrace you can see the sea.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 42.25384, 11.75576

## Cerca de aquí

- [Arcadia](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/where-to-eat/arcadia), a 33 m
- [Medieval Tarquinia: towers, walls and Santa Maria in Castello](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/things-to-do/medieval-tarquinia), a 288 m
- [Namo Ristobottega](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/where-to-eat/namo-ristobottega), a 444 m
- [Hotel Tarconte](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/where-to-stay/hotel-tarconte), a 642 m
- [Villa Hotel Valle del Marta](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/where-to-stay/villa-hotel-valle-del-marta), a 790 m
- [Monterozzi Necropolis in Tarquinia: the painted tombs](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia/things-to-do/monterozzi-necropolis), a 1.3 km

## Consejos

### Go up to the top floor
The reconstructed tombs can be seen up close, better than at the necropolis.

### Start with the museum
That way you reach the tombs knowing what to look at.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### What are the winged horses?
A terracotta relief from an Etruscan temple, the museum's best-known piece.

### Is it included with the necropolis?
Yes, in the €13 combined ticket.

### Which day is it closed?
Mondays.

Destino: [Cerveteri and Tarquinia](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/cerveteri-tarquinia.md)