Italian Travel Team - Rome Museums

Museums opening hours are subject to change without notice as per Superintendency instructions. As a rule, ticket offices close 30 to 60 minutes before the actual closing times. It is advisable to check opening hours by calling directly the place you intend to visit. For further information please visit the web site of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage at: www.beniculturali.it.

Free admission for European Union citizen under 18 and over 65 years of age. 50% reduction of the ticket price for European Union youths between 18 and 25 years of age. These special rates are also granted to foreign visitors from countries with which reciprocity conventions exist. 50% reductions for teachers with permanent jobs in State schools. Free admission for several categories of State university students and for students and teachers of fine arts academies. Free admission for school groups presenting a letter from their school stating the number of partecipants and names of the chaperones. Free admission for guides and tourist interpreters on guided visits.

Free admission for European Union citizen under 18 and over 65 years of age, as well as for foreign visitors from countries with which reciprocity conventions exist. Free admission for school groups presenting a letter from their school stating the number of partecipants and names of the chaperones. Free admission for guides and tourist interpreters on guided visits.

Archaeology Museums

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Municipal Antiquarium
Household objects from the 6th century B.C. to the time of barbarian invasions. The Antiquarium includes the famous doll with jointed limbs that was part of the funeral accouterment of Crepereia Tryphaena.
Via Parco del Celio 22 - phone 06 70 01 569
Temporarily closed for restoration.

Antiquarium of the Forum
Finds coming from the Forum excavations and frescoes once on the walls of the churches of Santa Maria Antiqua and Sant'Adriano.
Piazza Santa Maria Nova 53 - Free entrance
Temporarily closed.

Centrale Montemartini
In the former Montemartini electric power plant, a unique combination of classical art and industrial machinery: 400 sculptures coming from the Capitoline Museums.
Via Ostiense 106 - phone 06 57 48 038/06 57 48 042
Internet: www.centralemontemartini.org
Hours: 9.30 - 19, Mon closed.

Archaeological Museum of Ostia
On display are the finds brought to light during the excavations in ancient Ostia: sculptures, decorative and architectural terracotta pieces, objects of worship.
Scavi di Ostia Antica, Via dei Romagnoli 717 - phone 06 56 35 80 99
Reservation for guided tours: phone 06 56 35 28 30
E-mail: ostia@arti.beniculturali.it
Internet: www.itnw.roma.it/ostia/scavi
Hours: winter 9.00 - 16, summer 9.00 - 13.30; 14.15-18.30 Mon closed.

Barracco Museum
The collection, which belonged to Baron Giovanni Barracco, includes Egyptian, Assyro-Babylonian, Greek, and Roman works of art. In the basement are the remains of a late-Roman building.
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 168 - phone/fax 06 68 80 68 48
Internet: www.comuneroma.it/museobarocco
Temporarily closed for restoration.

Capitoline Museums
The oldest public collection in the world that includes sculptures of great value such as the Dying Gaul and the Capitoline Venus. In the Picture Gallery paintings dating from the 14th to the 17th century, by artists of the caliber of Titian, Bellini and Caravaggio.
Piazza del Campidoglio 1 - phone 06 67 10 24 75 - fax 06 67 85 488
E-mail: info.museicapitolini@comuneroma.it
Internet: www.museicapitolini.org
Info and reservations phone 06 39 96 78 00
Hours: 9 - 20, Mon closed.

Museum of Roman Civilization
The museum retraces the history of Rome through its civilization works all over the world. The magnificent model of Imperial Rome in 1:250 scale is not to be missed.
Piazza G. Agnelli 10 (EUR) - phone. 06 59 26 041
Internet: www.comune.roma.it/museociviltaromana
Hours: Tue-Fry 9 - 14.00, Sat. and Sun 9 - 19.00, Mon closed.

Museum of the WallS
Located at the beginning of the Old Appian Way, inside Porta San Sebastiano, the museum highlights the architectural history of Rome's fortified surrounding walls and allows access to the only section of the wall-walk open to the public.
Via di Porta San Sebastiano 18 - phone 06 70 47 52 84
Internet: www.comune.roma.it/sovrintendenza
Hours: 9 - 14, Mon closed.

Palatine Museum
Materials coming from the Palatine excavations. Via di San Gregorio 30 - phone 06 39 96 77 00
Hours: 9 to 2h before sunset.

Ship Museum and Port of Trajan
Display of four Roman cargo ships found during the excavations of the ancient harbor of Claudius.
Via A. Guidoni 35 - Fiumicino Airport - phone/fax 06 65 29 92
E-mail: segreteria.ostia@arti.beniculturali.it
Temporarily closed for restoration. Guided tours available on request to the Port of Trajan.

Via Ostiense Museum
Set up in the rooms of Porta San Paolo, the museum is devoted to the road that joined Rome to Ostia. Noteworthy are the models reproducing Ancient Ostia and the Harbours of Claudius and Trajan.
Via R. Persichetti 3 - phone 06 57 43 193
Hours: 9 - 13.30, Tue and Thu also 14.30 - 16.30. Mon closed.
Free entrance.

National Museum of Eastern Art
The most important Italian collection of Eastern art, consisting of finds coming from the excavations of the archaeological missions of the Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East.
Via Merulana 248 - phone 06 48 74 415 - fax 06 48 70 624
E-mail: orientale@arti.beniculturali.it
Hours: 8.30 -14, Tue - Thu - Sun and holidays 8.30 - 19.30; closed 1st and 3rd Mon of each month.

L. Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography
An ethnographic collection containing around 60,000 pieces produced by European indigenous cultures. The Italian prehistoric and protohistoric section retraces the evolution from the Paleolithic epoch to the Iron Age. Historic archive of aerial photos.
Piazzale G. Marconi 14 - phone 06 54 95 21 - fax 06 54 95 23 10
E-mail: pigorini@arti.beniculturali.it
Internet: www.pigorini.arti.beniculturali.it
Hours: 9 - 20.

Villa Giulia National Etruscan Museum
Housed in the splendid villa of Pope Julius III, the museum holds the pre-Roman antiquities from the Etruscan and Faliscan civilizations.
Piazzale di Villa Giulia 9 - phone 06 32 26 571
Reservations phone 06 82 46 20
E-mail:villagiulia@archeologia.beniculturali.it
Hours: 8.30 - 19.30, Mon closed. (closed on January 1st and December 25th)

National Roman Museum

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Split up into five sites, the Museum is one of the most important archaeological collections in the world.
Special tickets are available: a 7,00 Euro ticket (National Roman Museum Card) valid 3 days for all the sites of the Museum; a 20,00 Euro ticket (Roma Archeologia Card) also including the Colosseum, the Palatine, the Baths of Caracalla, the Tomb of Cecilia Metella and the Villa of the Quintili.
Reservation Office: phone 06 39 96 77 00 (Hours: Mon to Sat 9 - 13.30/14.30 - 17 Sun and holidays closed).
E-mail: info@archeorm.arti.beniculturali.it
Internet: www.archeorm.arti.beniculturali.it

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
The palace has been completely restored and holds important statues, splendid floor mosaics belonging to Roman villas, and the reconstruction of entire frescoed rooms coming from the Villa of Livia. A rich numismatic collection is not to be missed.
Largo di Villa Peretti 1 - phone 06 39 96 77 00
Hours: 9 - 19.45, Mon closed.

Octagonal Hall
The splendid hall is an intergral part of the Baths of Diocletian. It holds important sculptures coming from Roman bath complexes.
Via G. Romita 8 - phone 06 39 96 77 00
Hours: 9 - 14, Sun and holidays 9 - 13. Mon closed.

Palazzo Altemps
The 15th century palace, which boasts a beautiful courtyard, mainly contains sculptural works coming from the Ludovisi, Mattei and Altemps collections.
Piazza Sant' Apollinare 44 - phone 06 39 96 77 00
Hours: 9 - 19.45, Mon closed.

Baths of Diocletian
Once the historic site of Museo Nazionale Romano, the Baths of Diocletian house, after a long restoration, the epigraphic and protohistoric department.
Viale E. De Nicola, 78 - phone 06 39 96 77 00
Hours: 9 - 19.45, Mon closed

Crypta Balbi
Remains of the theatre built by Balbus in 13 B.C. After the 4th century A.D. and throughout the Middle Ages, its spaces were used as tombs, artisans' workshops and religious buildings. Interesting collection of finds.
Via delle Botteghe Oscure 31 - phone 06 39 96 77 00
Hours: 9 - 19.45, Mon closed.