Museums
Capitoline Museums in Rome: world's oldest museum
Guide to visiting Rome's Capitoline Museums.
Located on the summit of the Capitol Hill near the Roman Forum in the centre of Rome, the Capitoline Museums are the oldest public museums in the world....
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Galleria Spada: a hidden gem in Rome
Rome's Galleria Spada hosts an exquisite art collection.
Galleria Spada, located in central Rome between Campo de' Fiori and the river Tiber, hosts a sumptuous art collection of works by 16th- and 17...
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Palazzo Altemps: one of Rome's finest museums
Palazzo Altemps hosts a stellar collection of Greek and Roman sculpture.
Rome's Palazzo Altemps, a Renaissance palace located near Piazza Navona, houses a highly important collection of classical Gre...
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Visiting Italy's Quirinal Palace in Rome
Italian president's official residence in Rome open to public five days a week.
Italy's presidential palace in Rome - the 16th-century Palazzo del Quirinale - is open for guided tours in Italian on T...
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Visiting Rome's Palazzo Barberini Gallery
Rome palace is home to Italy's Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica.
The 17th-century Barberini Palace in central Rome houses the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Italy's national collection of 13th- to...
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Domus Romane at Rome's Palazzo Valentini
Through a mixture of archaeological remains and virtual reality, a visit to the ancient Domus Romane under Rome's Palazzo Valentini provides a sense of life in imperial Roman times.
The archaeologica...
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The Emperor Hadrian’s mausoleum, then used by the popes as a fortress, prison and palace. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €5, reduced €3.
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Museums in Historic centre area
Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II and Italian unity. Also Museo Centrale del Risorgimento. 09.30-18.30. Free entry. There is now a panoramic lift which takes you to the top of the monument where there...
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Museums in Historic centre area
Museum dedicated to the Middle Ages on the site of the portico of the Imperial Roman Theatre of Balbus. 09.00-16.30. Mon closed. Three-day pass combining Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Baths of Diocletia...
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Museums in Historic centre area
Residence of the Doria Pamphilj family, it contains the family’s private art collection, which includes a portrait by Velasquez, a sculpture by Bernini, plus works by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto and C...
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Private collection of works by Veronese, Guido Reni, Pietro di Cortona and Annibale Caracci. Open Sat 09.00-13.00 only. €7. Private group tours of the collection are available seven days a week on req...
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Galleria Comunale di Arte Moderna e contemporanea
The city's permanent collection of modern art. CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR RESTORATION (Nov 2008). 08.30-13.00, 14.00-19.00. Sun and holidays 09.30-13.30. Mon closed.€ 2,58.
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Museums in Historic centre area
Museum dedicated to the lives of three English Romantic poets – John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Mon-Fri 10.00-13.00, 15.00-18.00; Sat 11.00-14.00, 15.00-18.00. €4.00. Guide...
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Museums in Historic centre area
A collection of mainly pre-Roman art. Tues-Sun 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €3.
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Museums in Historic centre area
The collection, private apartment and studio of the sculptor and musician Pietro Canonica who died in 1959. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €3, reduced €1.50. Guided tours in Italian and English (b...
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Museums in Historic centre area
Museo dei Fori Imperiali and Trajan's Markest
Museum dedicated to the forums of Caesar, Augustus, Nerva and Trajan and the Temple of Peace. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €6.50. 24 and 31 December 09.00-14.00.
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Museums in Historic centre area
Home of the Roman altar to peace commissioned by Emperor Caesar Augustus in the 1st century AD. The museum was designed by American architect Richard Meier. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €6.50. 24 and...
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Museums in Historic centre area
The city’s collection of paintings, etchings, photographs, furniture and clothes from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €8. Guided tours in English and Italian o...
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Museums in Historic centre area
Paintings, sculptures and jewellery related to Napoleon and the Bonaparte family. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian and English. €3.
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Museums in Historic centre area
Ancient sculpture from the Museo Nazionale Romano, including the Ludovisi collection. 09.00-18.45. Mon closed. Three-day pass combining Crypta Balbi, Baths of Diocletian and Palazzo Massimo alle Terme...
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Museums in Historic centre area
