Recent history and present situation

-  1989 Establishment of the National Department for Technical Services (Law n. 183 of May 18, 1989), under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, in which is placed the Geological Survey
- 1991 Establishment, within the Geological Survey, of the Area 3 "Documentation" (DPR Jan. 24, 1991, n. 85), within which are placed the Collections

- 1999 The establishment of APAT (Agency for Environmental Protection and Technical Services), with Legislative Decree no. 300 of 30 July 1999 (article. 38), in which merged the Department for National Technical Services and the ANPA (National Agency for Environmental Protection), resulted in the definitive loss of the historical site (the Palace of Largo Santa Susanna) owned by the state. The Collections (preserved by the Department of Soil Defense) are closed to the public and only a small portion of finds remained on display, for internal use only, in the new site of APAT, in Via Curtatone 3 (close to Termini Railway Station).

- 2005 Institution in APAT of the Museum Activities Service (DG 173/2005 of 30 November 2005) within the Department for Documentation and information activities and Library

-   2008 Establishment of ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research - Law 133 of August 21, 2008), in which merged APAT, ICRAM (Central Institute for Scientific and Technological Research Applied to the Sea) and INFS (National Institute for Wildlife)

- 2012 Closing of ISPRA’s offices in via Curtatone, 3. Definitive packaging of the collections and storage in two ISPRA’s deposits, in Via Vitaliano Brancati 60 and Via Paolo di Dono 3a, in Rome.

-   2014 The Collections are still packed and stocked waiting to return to public display. The empty building in Largo Santa Susanna, now owned by the Residenza Immobiliare SpA, is under an architectural constraint since 1991 and under archaeological restrictions since 2004.