Luca Mercuri is a senior official of the Italian Ministry of Culture and serves as Director of the Pantheon and Castel Sant’Angelo Institute – National Museums Directorate of the City of Rome.

A classical archaeologist, he graduated from the University of Bologna, specialized at the Italian Archaeological School at Athens, and earned a PhD from the University of Siena. He also holds a second degree in Art History from the University of Perugia.

Throughout his career, he has directed major state museums and cultural institutions, including the Regional Directorate of Museums of Puglia. He has overseen new museum openings, gallery re-installations, exhibitions, and heritage enhancement projects both in Italy and internationally.

He is the author of numerous studies on archaeological, historical, and museological topics and has carried out teaching and research activities in Italy and abroad.