Tracing a History of Etruscan Art Exhibitions

This research aims to identify and retrace the main stages of the dissemination of Etruscan civilization in the museographical field, from the formation of the first collections in archaeological museums, focusing on the considerable organization of temporary exhibitions in Italy and Europe. The knowledge of the Etruscan civilization and its myth develops from the second half of the Twentieth century, following a clear museological and museographical project that determined a conspicuous part of its flowering. This essay focuses in particular on temporary exhibitions that developed the diffusion of the main features of this ancient civilization since the end of the Second World War. Etruscan art appears in collective exhibitions related only to specific themes until the Thirties, while from the Fifties it acquires its own autonomy and complexity in the wide exhibition field.