The collector of everything
Domenico Agostinelli, 74, calls himself the "Guardian of Time" because he has a passion that has led him to pick up and collect things of all types, from antique art to everyday objects of the past and present for the last sixty years. His collection includes a sixty-million-year-old dinosaur egg, meteor fragments, a car that once belonged to mob boss Al Capone, a lock of hair of Italian national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi, toys, weapons and musical instruments of all kinds.
Agostinelli works in his museum in Dragona, Italy near Rome.
Museum of everything
A collection of wooden, iron, and plastic hands is displayed in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli.
Museum of everything: toys
Toys are displayed in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli in Dragona, near Rome.
Over the past 60 years Agostinelli, 74, has collected things of all types, from antique art to everyday objects of the past and present.
Museum of everything: political
Political memorabilia is displayed in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli.
Museum of everything: religious
Collection of religious figures is displayed in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli.
Museum of everyday items: doors
An old bicycle and old doors of different ages are seen in a storage shed of the museum of Italian collector Domenico Agostinelli in Dragona, near Rome.
Domenico Agostinelli
Domenico Agostinelli works in his museum in Dragona, near Rome.
Museum of everything: glasses
Collection of glasses is displayed in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli in Dragona, Italy near Rome.
Museum of everything: umbrellas
Some of the 3,200 umbrellas in the collection at the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli in Dragona, Italy.
Museum of everything
A petrol pump and other objects are displayed in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli in Dragona.
Museum of everything: buttons
Italian collector Domenico Agostinelli holds buttons in his museum.
Museum of everything: dice
Dice are displayed in an old frame in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli in Dragona.
Museum of everything
A old tape recorder is displayed in an old frame in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli.
Museum of everything
A transistor radio is displayed in an old frame in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli.
Museum of everything
An antique baby feeding bottle is displayed in an old frame in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli.
Museum of everything: lock of hair
Lock of hair from the 'Hero of Two Worlds' Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Museum of everything: bicycle lock
A 19th century bicycle lock.
Museum of everything: lighter
A pistol-shaped lighter dated 1700 on display in and old frame.
Museum of everything
An 18th century tool eating utensil.
Museum of everything: dinosaur egg
An egg of a dinosaur, believed to be 65-million-years old.
Museum of everything: meteorite
A piece of a meteorite.
Museum of everything: nails
Goggles are displayed in an old frame in the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli in Dragona, near Rome October 30, 2014. Agostinelli, 74, has a passion that has led him over the past 60 years to pick up and collect things of all types, from antique art to everyday objects of the past and present. His collection includes a 65-million-year-old dinosaur egg, meteor fragments, a car that once belonged to American mob boss Al Capone, a lock of hair of Italian national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi, toys, weapons, musical instruments of all kinds and many more. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY - Tags: SOCIETY PROFILE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Museum of everything: nails
A composition of nails at the Museum of Domenico Agostinelli.
Museum of everything: nails
The many things collected by Domenico Agostinelli over sixty years in his museum in Dragona.