Vatican Museums ****

Including Sistine Chapel an Egyptian Museum, the Raphael Rooms,
and an incredible quantity of art wonders
Viale del Vaticano. Tel. 06 69883041
Open Monday - Saturday 8:45 am to 1:45 pm.
Sunday closed except last Sunday of each month
Entry up to 1 hour before closing
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Museum of Galleria Borghese ****

Extraordinary collection of the Prince Borghese with classical, renaissance and baroque art.
Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 6. Tel. 06 32810 - fax 06 8555952
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 7 pm ; Sunday and holidays 9 am – 1 pm. Closed Monday
Advance reservations essential

Ara Pacis ***

An Ancient Roman "Ara".
Lungotevere in Augusta (corner of Via Ripetta). Tel 06 67103569.
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 5 pm in winter and 9 am to 7 pm in summer.

Capitoline Musems ***

Museum of classical Roman sculptures like the "Venere Capitolina" and the "Galata morente".
Piazza del Campidoglio. Tel. 06 67102071.
Open Tuesday through Saturday 9 am - 7 pm. Sunday open 9 am to 6:45 pm. Closed Monday
Free admission last Sunday each month.

Centro Montemartini (ACEA) ***

The "Gas Works" harbor one of the world's most unforgetable Museums. Fabulous Ancient Roman mosaics, statues and artifacts framed by equally classical machinery in this early 20C factory.
Via Ostiense, 106. Tel. 06 6991191.
Open Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm. Saturday and Sunday 10 am - 7 pm Closed Monday

Domus Aurea ***

Nero's Golden House: recently open to the public.
Via Labicana, 136. Tel. 06 39749907.
Open 9 am – 8 pm. Reservations required
Visits limited to 25 people every 15 minutes; tour lasts one hour

Galleria Doria Pamphili ***

The magnificent bust of the Pamphili Pope, Innocent X, by his protege Bernini, alongside the portrait by Velasquez, characterizes this fabulous family museum. Titians, Caravaggios, Breughels, Lorrains share the glorious galleries with Algardi's portrait bust of Donna Olympia Maidalchini, the pontif's "sister-in-law" who acted as his First Lady
Piazzale del Collegio Romano, 2. Tel. 06 6797323
Open Friday - Wednesday 10 am - 5 pm.
The private apartments can be visited with tour guides every half hour from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Closed Thursday

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini ***

National collection of 13-17 C art. Raphael's sensuous portrait of his great love, La Fornarina, Holbein's Henry VIII and lots of Bernini busts, Lippis, Caravaggios, Tintorettos, and El Grecos. All within the grandest of Rome's Baroque piles.
Via Quattro Fontane, 13. Tel. 06 4824184
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 7 pm. Saturday stays open till midnight in Summer.
Open Sunday and holidays 9 am - 1 pm. Closed Monday

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea ***

Museum of Modern Art: houses Rome's most important collections of 19th and 20th century Italian paintings and sculptures. Also a pleasant outdoor/indoor cafe. Across the street from Villa Borghese.
Viale Belle Arti, 131. Tel. 06 322981
Open Tuesday - Friday 9 am - 7 pm, Saturday 9 am – 2, Sunday 9 am - 1 pm.
Closed Monday

Museo Etrusco di Villa Giulia ***

The largest collection of Etruscan art in Rome, situated in a 16C Villa.
Piazza Villa Giulia, 9. Tel. 06 3201951
Open Tuesday to Saturday 9 am - 7 pm, Sunday and holidays 9 am - 2 pm.
Closed Monday

Museo di Palazzo Altemps ***

A marvalous collection of classical sculpture.
Piazza Sant'Apollinare, 44. Tel. 06 6897091
Open Tuesday - Sunday 9 am - 7 pm. Closed Monday

Museo di Castel Sant'Angelo **

Collection of armory: archeological, medieval, exotic.
Lungotevere Castello. Tel. 06 6819111.
Open Tuesday - Sunday 9 am to 8 pm. Closed Monday. Entry up to 1 hour before closing

Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Venezia **

The major rooms of the Palazzo, including the memorable Map Room house many works from the private collection of the Barbo family. Paintings, bronzes, marbles, porcelain and tapestries. Check for the rotating large exhibitions.
Via del Plebiscito, 118. Tel. 06 6798865
Open Monday through Saturday 9 am - 2 pm. Closed Sunday and holidays

Galleria Spada **

This small museum contains 4 delightful rooms which house the family collection, including paintings by Breughel, Andrea del Sarto and Titian. With permission from the Council of State (phone 0668271 and ask for the head of Personnel).
Piazza Capo di Ferro, 13. Tel. 06 6861158.
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 7 pm, Sunday 9 am - 1 pm. Closed Monday

Museo del Palatino **

Piazza Santa Maria Nova, 53 (Near Arch of Tito) and Via San Gregorio, 30. Tel. 06 6990110
Admission includes Palatine Hill. Open daily 9 am-7 pm. Closes earlier in winter.

Galleria Colonna **

In one of Rome's largest and most opulent private palaces, built 1730, this museum contains the private collection of the Colonna Family, that traces its ancestry to a Roman Emperor. An enfilade of golden rooms, stretching out in front of one with 18C mirrors painted on the surface: magnificent though sadly starting to chip. Hundreds of mirrored wall sconces reflect the candlelight. The velvet throne of Martin V (1417-31), the scholarly family Pope was moved to this palace when it was built two centuries after his death. Notable paintings are Annibale Carracci's "Peasant eating beans" and Tintoretto's "Narcissus".
Via della Pilotta, 17. Tel. 06 6794362
Open Saturday only 9 am - 1 pm

Museo Nazionale Romano di Palazzo Massimo **

Piazza dei Cinquecento, 67. Tel. 06 48903500
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 7 pm. Closed Monday

Palazzo delle Esposizioni **

No permanent collection, but frequently fine temporary shows. Check local listings.
Cafeteria and gift shop.
Via Nazionale, 194. Tel. 06 4885465
Open daily 10 am - 9 pm. Closed Tuesday

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica *

Collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings in Palazzo Corsini.
Via della Lungara, 10. Tel. 06 68802323
Open Tuesday – Friday 9 am - 7 pm, Saturday 9am - 2 pm, Sunday and holidays 9 am - 1 pm

Galleria dell'Accademia di San Luca *

Collection of drawings and paintings of Tiziano, Veronese, Bassano and others
(see Fontana di Trevi)
Piazza del'Accademia di San Luca, 77. Tel. 06 6798850.
Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10 am - 12:30 pm. Last Sunday of the month 10 am - 12:30 pm

Jewish Community Museum *

Ritual objects used in Roman synagogues in the last 300 years.
Lungotevere dei Cenci, 15. Tel. 06 68400661
Open Monday - Thursday 9 am - 5 pm, Friday 9am - 2pm, Sunday 9 am - 12:30 pm.
Closed Saturday

Museo Barracco *

(Museo Barracco o Piccola Farnesina) (1523). A small cozy museum containing Giovanni Barracco's superb collection of Assyrian, Egyptian and Greek artifacts. If that interests you, go, but his Etruscan and Roman art is not as good as what you can find at Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia and Museum of Palazzo Massimo. This elegant Renaissance townhouse, complete with a classical courtyard, was built for Father Leroy.
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 168. Tel. 06 68806848
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 7 pm, Sunday and holidays 9 am - 1 pm. Closed Monday

Museo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari *

Traditional Italian craft, clothes, music making.
Piazza Marconi, 8 (EUR). Tel. 06 5926148
Open Monday - Saturday 9 am - 2 pm, Sunday and holidays 9 am - 2 pm

Museo del Folklore *

Piazza San Egidio. Tel. 06 5816563
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 6:30 pm, Sunday 9 am - 1:30 pm. Closed Monday

Museo della Civiltà Romana *

Piazza G. Agnelli, 10 (EUR). Tel. 06 5926135
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 6:45 pm, Sunday and holidays 9 - 13,30. Closed Monday

Museo Comunale Birreria Peroni *

They stopped making fine beer and started showing fine art: exhibits of contemporary Roman painters and sculptors.
Via Cagliari, 29. Tel. 06 8844930
Open Tuesday - Sunday 10 am – 7 pm. Sunday and holidays 9:30 am - 1:30 pm. Closed Monday

Museo delle Mura di Roma *

Via di Porta San Sebastiano, 18. Tel. 06 70475284
Open Tuesday - Sunday 9 am - 7 pm. Closed Monday

Museo Keats-Shelley *

Piazza di Spagna, 26. Tel. 06 6784235 - fax 06 6784167
Open Monday to Friday 9 am - 1 pm, Saturday 11 am – 2 pm and 3 – 6 pm.
Closed Sunday and public holidays

Museo Napoleonico *

Piazza Ponte Umberto, 1. Tel. 06 68806286
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 7 pm, Sunday and holidays 9 am - 1:30 pm.
Closed Monday

Museo Preistorico Etnografico L. Pigorini *

(Prehistoric and Ethnographic Museum). The newest addition to this very specialized museum is an 8000-year old boat recently excavated from the bottom of Lake Bracciano, 30 km from Rome.
Piazzale Marconi, 14 (EUR). Tel. 06 549521
Open Monday - Saturday 9 am - 1:30 pm, Sunday and holidays 9 am - 12:30 pm