museo.criminologico@giustizia.it
Via del Gonfalone, 29 - 00186 Roma
tel. +39 06 68899442 - fax +39 06 68215347
timetables:
from the tuesday to the saturday from the hours 9,00 to the
13,00
tuesdays and thursdays from the 14,30 to the 18,30
closed Sunday festive and mondays
Justice
from the middle ages to the 19th Century
Instruments of torture (some of which are authentic while others
are reproductions) are evidence of the cruelty of early forms
of punishment that were based on the use of torture and execution.
The
19th Century: the development of the prison system
Studies in criminal anthropology, the techniques of criminology,
and episodes of prison history during the nineteenth century,
including the establishment of criminal asylums.
Notorious criminals of the 20th Century
The remaining rooms are a sort of “curiosity cabinet” of crime,
with a diverse range of exhibits from prisons around Italy,
all of them relating to notorious crimes committed between
the 1930s and the 1990s. This is a unique record of various
types of criminal behaviour: espionage; organized crime – exhibits
include objects that belonged to Salvatore Giuliano and Gaspare Pisciotta,
Gennaro Cuocolo’s ring and Pupetta Maresca’s pistols; terrorism;
gambling; and evidence relating to the theft and forgery of works of art.
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