Opened in 2007 in a specially designed building, the Museum displays the extraordinary archeological evidence of the ancient settlement of Pontecagnano, founded in the area occupied by ​​the present day city. The museum exhibit offers to visitors an educational experience based on graphic reconstructions, bilingual panels, reproductions of objects and burials. It illustrates the stories of a community, the southernmost of the Etruscans, its relationships to it neighbors and its far reaching trade route across the Mediterranean. The permanent exhibit presents a timeline illustrating the history of the Picentine region from its earliest prehistoric times until the foundation of the Roman city of Picentia.