Museums
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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Capitoline Museums
The city’s collection of ancient sculpture in Palazzo Nuovo and Palazzo dei Conservatori, plus the Tabularium and the Pinacoteca. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €6,50 + exhibition supplement. Gui...
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Palazzo Venezia Museum
Much of the permanent exhibition is closed for restoration. Mediaeval to 18th-century decorative arts. 08.30-19.00. Mon closed. 4. Guided tours in Italian. Also temporary exhibitions
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Museums in Historic centre area
Castel Sant Angelo Museum
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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Vittoriano
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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Crypta Balbi
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
Doria Pamphilj Gallery
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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Galleria Colonna
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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Museums in Historic centre area
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
Keats Shelley House
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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Barracco Museum
A collection of mainly pre-Roman art. Tues-Sun 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €3.
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Canonica Museum
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
Ara Pacis Museum
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
Museo di Roma
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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Museo Napoleonico
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
Palazzo Altemps
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
Palazzo Barberini
National collection of 13th- to 16th-century paintings. 09.00-19.00. Last entrance 18.00. Mon closed. €7.00. To book your ticket click here
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Museums in Historic centre area
Palazzo delle Esposizioni
Huge space offering 10,000 sqm on three floors reopened to the public in 2007 after five years of restoration work. Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sun 10.00-20.00. Fri and Sat 10.00-22.30. Mon closed. €12.50,...
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Museums in Historic centre area
