Young archaeologist Federica Timossi is the new director of the National Museum of Sarsina

The Regional Museums Directorate of Emilia-Romagna has appointed the new director of the National Archaeological Museum in Sarsina: she is archaeologist Federica Timossi, born in 1986, who will also be in charge of the archaeological area of the Roman Villa in Russi and the Archaeological Museum in Forlimpopoli, the latter of which is managed by the Municipality of Forlimpopoli. Timossi thus becomes the youngest director of a state museum in the region.

Federica Timossi, 36, originally from Genoa, after graduating with honors in cultural heritage conservation with an archaeological focus in 2009 from the University of Genoa and a master’s degree, also with honors, in archaeology and cultures of the ancient world in 2011 from the University of Bologna with a thesis in Etruscan epigraphy, she obtained a specialization in Classical Archaeology in 2014 at the School of Specialization in Archaeological Heritage at the University of Bologna and a PhD in humanities in 2019 at the University of Ferrara, again with a thesis in Etruscology. She began working as an archaeological escort for the University of Bologna in the archaeological area of Marzabotto, then in 2018 Timossi joined the ranks of the Ministry of Culture, where she held the position of archaeological officer: she was in charge of the collections of the Kainua archaeological area in Marzabotto and the Veleia site in Lugagnano val d’Arda, then, from April 2022, she temporarily replaced Alessandro Marchi (in retirement) as director of the National Archaeological Museum in Sarsina and the Villa Romana in Russi. Now, instead, the appointment as full director.

“I am very happy to succeed Dr. Alessandro Marchi, a colleague with whom I have collaborated in recent years as scientific support, in the direction of these important places of culture and archaeology in Romagna,” says the newly appointed director. “The National Archaeological Museum in Sarsina offers the opportunity to learn about the Savio River Valley from prehistory to the Middle Ages, telling in particular the story of the Roman city of Sassina, whose exceptional polychrome mosaics and impressive funerary monuments, unique in their kind, are on display. The archaeological area of the Roman Villa of Russi, on the other hand, constitutes one of the best-preserved examples of urban-rustic villas in northern Italy: residences like this, belonging to landowners, characterized all the countryside of Emilia-Romagna in Roman times. It is my intention to work to ensure that these places of culture become more and more welcoming and accessible, true spaces for discussion and relations, with special attention to the relationship with local communities and other cultural institutions in the area.”

“This is an important step,” comments Emilia-Romagna Museums Regional Director Giorgio Cozzolino, “to maintain a scientific continuity of high professional profile after the direction of Dr. Alessandro Marchi, who has taken care of these museum sites in recent years with his historical-artistic expertise and left the service due to retirement.”

Young archaeologist Federica Timossi is the new director of the National Museum of Sarsina

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