Italy 1943–1945
Museo dello Sbarco di Anzio (Villa Adele)
Museum
The story
The town's landing museum, opened for the 50th anniversary, with American, British, German and Italian sections: uniforms, weapons, documents, maps and objects raised from the sea, including from the British cruiser HMS Spartan and destroyer HMS Janus, both sunk off the beachhead.
What to look for
Look for the relief maps of the beachhead and the finds from the sunken ships; then walk down to the harbour.
Plan your visit
Via di Villa Adele 2, near the station. Free. The museum's own site gives 10:00–13:00 and 16:00–18:00 (17:00–19:00 in July–August), closed Mondays and Wednesdays; the town's page differs. Check before you go.
- Open
- Sep–Jun 10:00–13:00 & 16:00–18:00; Jul–Aug 10:00–13:00 & 17:00–19:00; closed Mon & Wed
- Price
- Free
- Access
- Ramp for disabled visitors; lockers and toilets; short walk from the station
Checked September 2026 from official sources: sbarcodianzio.it, comune.anzio.roma.it. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Anzio War Cemetery · under 1 km
- Museo dello Sbarco Alleato, Forte Sangallo, Nettuno · 2 km
- Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno · 3 km
- Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio · 4 km
- Aprilia ('the Factory') and the Via Anziate · 16 km
- Rangers memorial, Isola Bella near Cisterna · 19 km
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Into Europe: Italy 1943–1945
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Allied campaign in Italy, from the Sicily landings of July 1943 through Salerno, the Winter Line, Ortona, Cassino and Anzio, Rome, the Gothic Line and the final battles on the Senio and the Po in April 1945.
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