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Rome Museums (Rome, Italy)



Rome has a magnificent selection of museums and complexes, including probably some of the best historic collections in Italy. Exhibitions range from large to small, local to International and many are located in beautiful buildings, right in the heart of the city.

Rome Museums: Capitaline Museums - Piazza del Campidoglio 1, Rome
Tel: +39 (0) 6 6710 2071
With antique sculptures of bronze and marble representing the history of the city, and a fine collection of Greek and Etruscan vases, the Capitaline Museums are situated in the Piazza del Campidoglio. This museum complex has collections based on those assembled by Pope Sixtus IV, one of the earliest great art collectors in the 15th century, and there are some of the finest and most celebrated sculptures of the ancient world. The museums include Palazzo dei Conservatori (Conservatories Palace), the Pinacoteca Capitolina, Museo Nuovo and Palazzo Nuovo. Recently restored, other features include 18th-century Roman tapestries, beautiful porcelains and paintings in the Pinacoteca Capitolina by: Caravaggio, Tiziano and Rubens.
Museum admission: charge




Rome Museums: Castel Sant' Angelo (Holy Angel Castle) - Lungotevere Castello 50, San Pietro, Rome
Tel: +39 (0) 6 681 9111
This wonderful circular building is situated between the Tiber and the Vatican and has one of the most distinctive silhouettes of any building in the city. It was built in 135 AD as a tomb for Emperor Hadrian. With wonderful views from the terraces, the Holy Angel Castle got its name in the 6th century, when Pope Gregory the Great saw an angel appear above the building. It was widely believed that this signified the end of the plague that was currently spreading across the city. Over the years it has been a home, a fortress and even a medieval prison. The Vatican Palace was linked to the castle in 1277 by the Vatican Corridor, in order to give the Pope a possible means of escape during periods of political riots, wars and sieges. The castle is now home to a museum of antique weapons.
Museum open: daily - 09:00 to 21:00, Saturday 09:00 to 00:00
Museum admission: charge

Rome Museums: Keats-Shelley Museum - Piazza di Spagna 26, Rome
Tel: +39 (0) 6 6784 235
Famous English poet John Keats stayed in this house in 1820. In 1906, it was purchased by an English-American association and it now celebrates his life, and many other English poets, including Shelley and Byron. It has become home to a foundation that is dedicated to the English Romantic poets. There are portraits, relics and all sorts of interesting objects.
Museum open: daily - 09:00 to 13:00, 15:00 to 18:00
Museum admission: charge

Rome Museums: Palazzo Altemps - Piazza S. Apollinare 44 , Rome
Tel: +39 (0) 6 6833 759
This ancient turreted palace has a truly magnificent interior that is apparent as soon as you walk across the courtyard, which is full of statues, including a resting Hercules which was sculpted in the 5th century BC. In 1982 it was given to the state and it became a museum in 1997. It now houses one of the most interesting collections of Roman sculpture in the city,.
Museum open: daily - 09:00 to 21:00, Saturday 09:00 to 00:00
Museum admission: charge

Rome Museums: Palazzo Venezia - Via del Plebiscito 118, Rome
Tel: +39 (0) 6 6999 4318
Built for Venetian Cardinal Pietro Balbo, who later became Pope Paul II, the Palazzo Venezia now houses an eclectic collection of decorative objects, paintings, sculptures, a collection of Odescalchi weapons and some important and valuable gold objects. Features include a room that Mussolini once used as his office, great architecture and also a café, with views over the garden courtyard.
Museum open: daily - 09:00 to 14:00
Museum admission: charge

Rome Museums: Villa Doria Pamphili - Via Aurelia Antica 183, Rome
Tel: +39 (0) 6 3937 6616
The oldest residence in the area, the Villa Doria Pamphili is home to a collection of paintings, sculptures and pictures of the Doria Pamphil family. Of particular interest are the beautiful gardens and large greenhouses, dating back to the 19th century.
Museum open: daily - 10:00 to 13:30
Museum admission: charge

 
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