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Colosseum
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Roman Forum
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Borghese Gallery
RomeThe 17th century Villa Borghese Pinciana, built for Cardinal Scipione Borghese as his suburban manor, is located in the Borghese gardens. It houses the Borghese Gallery with a spectacular collection of renaissance and baroque paintings and sculptures by the most famous artists. You can admire the pa
Castel Sant'Angelo
RomeOriginally built in the second century AD by the Roman emperor Hadrian as his mausoleum, in the 14th century, it was decided that the building should be turned into a castle and a special corridor was added in order to connect the castle with St. Peter’s Basilica. Today, the castle serves as a museu
Musei Capitolini
RomeMore than five centuries old, the Musei Capitolini, the Capitoline Museums (which is a single museum) was the oldest public museum in the world, composed of three main buildings (the Palazzo Senatorio, the Palazzo dei Conservatori, and the Palazzo Nuovo) surrounding the Piazza del Campidoglio and li
Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo
RomeMuseo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo is the National Museum in Rome, housed in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. Erected between 1883 and 1887 in a neo-cinquecentesco style, it was a prestigious school until 1960. The ground floor features the notable bronze statues of the Boxer at Rest and the At
Galleria Doria Pamphilj
RomeThe Galleria Doria Pamphilj is a museum in Rome, housed in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, the palace of the Doria family (who still lives there), which could very well be the largest in Rome still in private ownership. The museum mainly exhibits paintings. However the collection contains paintings, fur
Le Domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini
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Domus Aurea
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Trajan's Markets
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Palazzo Braschi
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Pantheon
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Palazzo Barberini
RomeThe Palazzo Barberini is a Renaissance palace that is the joint work of three of the most admired architects of the era - Bernini, Borromini and Maderno. The interior boasts splendid works of art, too. You can find paintings by masters like Tizian or Caravaggio here, as well as the famous "La Fornar
Galleria Colonna
RomeGalleria Colonna is a museum in Rome that is housed in the Palazzo Colonna that was built in the 15th century by Pope Martinus V member of the noble Colonna family. The Galleria Colonna holds and exhibits a collection of art that includes works by Titian, Guercino, Reni, Bronzino (Venus, Cupid), Jac
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
RomeEstablished in 1883, the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna is all about modern art. It hosts more than 5,000 artworks, both paintings and sculptures, that date from the 18th century all the way to the 1960s. Among its collection are the works of world-renowned artists like Cezanne, Van Gogh, or Mone- 16
Leonardo da Vinci Experience
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Museo Nazionale Romano - Terme di Diocleziano
RomeThe Baths of Diocletian (Thermae Diocletiani) was a large public thermal complex in ancient Rome. The Baths of Diocletian were located on the summit of the Viminal. The complex was built from 298, commissioned by Emperor Maximian and was inaugurated in 306. Since Maximian was in power the lesser of
Centrale Montemartini
RomeLocated on Via Ostiense in Rome, Centrale Montemartini is the newest exhibition space among the municipal museums of Rome. In front of an industrial-archaeological backdrop, it houses about 400 Roman statues as well as tomb inscriptions and mosaics. Set in the oldest power plant in Rome, the museum
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
RomeThe Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia is the National Etruscan Museum in Rome, housed in the Villa Giulia that was built for pope Julius III. The first rooms of the museum feature artefacts organized according to a double principle: topographical and chronological. Furthermore, the museum incl
Museum and Crypt of Capuchins
RomeThe Museum and Crypt of Capuchins is located in a crypt under the church Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini. The museum presents bones of nearly 4000 Capuchin friars stored in the crypt. The bones are arranged into macabre decorations. The Capuchins have been using the church since 1631. So
Ara Pacis museum
RomeThe Ara Pacis museum (or Museum of the Ara Pacis) is a museum in Rome that houses the Ara Pacis of Augustus, an ancient monument that was initially inaugurated on January 30, 9 B.C. The Ara Pacis Augustae is an altar dedicated to the Roman goddess of peace: Pax. It was commissioned by the Roman Sena
Jewish Museum of Rome
RomeThe Jewish Museum of Rome is situated in the basement of the Great Synagogue of Rome. The museum is dedicated to the history of the Jewish presence in Rome, which began in the second century BCE, but it also presents works of art produced by this Jewish community. A visit to the museum includes a gu
Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Altemps
RomeThe Palazzo Altemps is a palace in Rome that was designed in the 15th century by Melozzo da Forlì for Girolamo Riario. In 1997 it was inaugurated as a museum and became part of the National Roman Museum showing ancient works of art with sculptures from Renaissance collections such as the Boncompagni- 24
Mausoleum of Augustus
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VIGAMUS - The Video Game Museum of Rome
RomeThe VIGAMUS - The Video Game Museum of Rome is an interactive museum in the Italian capital Rome that is dedicated to the history of video games. It features a permanent exhibition that is divided into different eras of video game history, starting off with the Magnavox Odyssey. The collection of V
Bioparco
RomeThe Bioparco is a 17-hectare large municipal zoo in Rome which feels like a safari, as there are no fences/bars in many parts of the Bioparco Zoo. The Zoo is home to over a 1,000 animals from more than 200 species. Its two newest exhibits can be considered as main attractions: the orangutan expositi
Scuderie del Quirinale
RomeThe Scuderie del Quirinale (Quirinal Stables, or Papal Stables) was built from 1722 to 1732. The Scuderie, together with the Palazzo del Quirinale, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic and the Palazzo della Consulta, the Constitutional Court, are all situated close to each
Explora
RomeExplora in Rome is a science and history museum in Rome. With the motto "learning by doing", the museum features a lot of interactive exhibitions, full of various educative activities. These are divided into areas designated for children of a specific age. The Explora aims to encourage and help the
Villa Farnesina
RomeThe Villa Farnesina is a country house in Rome from the beginning of the 16th century. It is built in a U-shape and is located in the spaciously laid-out Farnese garden. The villa was built between 1506 and 1510 for the rich sienese banker Agostino Chigi. It is a masterpiece in which architectural d
MAXXI - National Museum of the 21st Century Arts
RomeMAXXI (Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo), the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts is a museum in Rome. The museum is housed in a building that was designed by Zaha Hadid and opened in 2010. In the same year it received the Stirling Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Case Romane del Celio
RomeCase Romane del Celio refers to the remains of a Roman residential complex below the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo in the Celio district in Rome. There are many frescoes to be seen from different times and with different iconographic intentions. After a long restoration a museum opened here th
Villa Medici - Accademia di Francia a Roma
RomeThe Villa Medici is a large country house in Rome, built by Ferdinando I de 'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, at the end of the 16th century on the site of the gardens of Lucullus. The villa is located on the Pincio hill, just north of the old town of Rome. In 1803, Napoleon founded a branch of the Fr
Museo Nazionale di Palazzo di Venezia
RomeThe Museo Nazionale di Palazzo di Venezia is a museum in Rome that is housed in the Barbo apartments of Palazzo Venezia. In addition to some rooms with their original furnishings, the museum houses a collection of important paintings from the 14th to 15th centuries, tapestries, ceramics, majolica, J
Museo Nazionale Romano - Crypta Balbi
RomeLa Crypta Balbi is a complex connected to the ancient theater of Balbo in Rome. Today it is one of the headquarters of the National Roman Museum. The Theatre of Balbus was an ancient Roman structure in the Campus Martius of Rome that was built in 13 BC by proconsul Lucius Cornelius Balbus (minor). T
Galleria Corsini - Palazzo Corsini
RomePalazzo Corsini is a villa in Rome from the 15th century that houses the Galleria Corsini. The palace was originally built by the Riario family and later inhabited by Queen Christina of Sweden during the 17th century. The Florentine Corsini family moved into the building after Cardinal Lorenzo Corsi
Galleria Spada
RomePalazzo Spada is a structure in Rome that was built in the mid-16th century for Cardinal Girolamo Capodiffero. It was rebuilt by Francesco Borromini when the building was sold in 1631 to Cardinal Bernardino Spada. The building served for the art collection of the Spada Family. Nowadays, the Galleria
Leonardo da Vinci Museum
RomeIn the Leonardo da Vinci Museum in Rome, you can discover interactive and life-size machines crafted by Italian artisans from Leonardo’s codices and see exhibitions on his most famous Renaissance art, anatomical sketches and animations of The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man, and the Sforza equestrian scu
Museo di Roma
RomeThe Museo di Roma is a museum in Rome that was founded in the Fascist era to document the history and traditions of the so called "old Rome". Nowadays however, it is principally an art museum. The Museo di Roma holds works by artists including Pompeo Batoni, Giuseppe Bottani, Ippolito Caffi, Antonio
MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome
RomeMACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea is the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome that holds and exhibits a collection of contemporary art with about 1,200 works of art from 1960 to the present. It includes some of the most significant expressions of the Italian art scene since the 1960s, among others th
Museo di Roma in Trastevere
RomeMuseo di Roma in Trastevere is a museum in Rome that is housed in the restored Carmelite convent of Sant'Egidio. The museum holds and exhibits a collection that illustrates the recent culture of Rome, with the help of life-size models. The main focus is on Roman life in the late eighteenth and ninet
Museo Palatino
RomeThe Museo Palatino is a museum in Italy that illustrates the history of the Palatine hill. Inside, you will find interesting historical artefacts unearthed on some of the archaeological digs that took place here. Highlights include a number of imperial portraits, including a picture of the famous ma
Museo Civico di Zoologia
RomeMuseo Civico di Zoologia is a natural history museum in Rome that specializes in fauna and its evolution throughout history. Its collections include conches, several insects, and over 290 artifacts from mammals, some of which are today extinct. Highlights in the museum include the skeleton of a comm
National Museum of Musical Instruments
RomeThe National Museum of Musical Instruments (Museo nazionale degli strumenti musicali) is a museum in Rome. Its collection is based on the collection of musical instruments from the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680), who was also an organ expert. The museum's collection includes nearly 3,000 piec
Bunker Mussolini
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Welcome To Rome
RomeIn "Welcome To Rome" you will be immersed in the history of Rome and you will live an exciting and engaging experience. In fact, visiting Welcome To Rome means making a real journey through time and space. Walls and ceilings will come alive around you while on the ground a large model of the city
La Casina delle Civette - Musei di Villa Torlonia
RomeThe Casina delle Civette (House of the Little Owls) is a result of a series of additions to a building that was intended as a refuge from the formality of the main villa on the grounds, Villa Torlonia, a villa in Rome with surrounding gardens which used to belong to the Torlonia family, of which con
Museo Napoleonico
RomeMuseo Napoleonico is a museum in Rome that holds and exhibits a collection that was donated in 1927 by Count Giuseppe Primoli, a descendant of Napoleon. The museum houses various portraits and objects, but also interiors from the Neapolitan era. The collections of the Museo Napoleonico are divided i
Museo Storico della Liberazione
RomeThe Museo Storico della Liberazione is the Museum of the Liberation of Rome that occupies three floors in an apartment building where it illustrates the period of German occupation of Rome in World War II as well as its liberation. The building was used as the headquarters of the Sicherheitspolizei,
Museo Pietro Canonica
RomeThe Pietro Canonica Museum is the house museum of the sculptor Pietro Canonica. The house, where the artist lived until his death, was donated to the municipality of Rome which now manages the museum. The ground floor and the lower floors of the museum contain rooms that display the works, both copi
Museo Delle Cere
RomeThe Museo Delle Cere in Rome is a Wax Museum in Rome where visitors can take a journey through history, encounter movie and music celebrities and world leaders, all past and present. The Wax Museum features several themed rooms, includiing: Ancient Rome, Actors, Music, Painters, History and Popes.
Museo Nazionale dell'Alto Medioevo
RomeThe Museo Nazionale dell'Alto Medioevo (The National Museum of the High Middle Ages, MAME) is a state museum in Rome that is housed in the Palazzo delle Scienze. The museum was inaugurated in 1967 to become an archaeological museum dedicated to the High Middle Ages starting from the post-classical a
Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco
RomeThe Museo Barracco, or Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco, is a museum in Rome that was established after Baron Giovanni Barracco donated his collection of antique sculptures to the museum in 1902. the museum was originally located in the baron's house. The museum's collection consists of ar- 53
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Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale
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Il Casino Nobile - Musei di Villa Torlonia
RomeVilla Torlonia is a villa in Rome with surrounding gardens which used to belong to the Torlonia family. Mussolini rented Villa Torlonia from the family for one lira a year to use as his state residence from the 1920s onwards. Nowadays it is a museum: Musei di Villa Torlonia. The museum in the villa
Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
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Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen
RomeMuseo Hendrik Christian Andersen is a museum in Rome in Italy, the place where Hendrik Christian Andersen died in 1940. After his death, he donated his home, studio, papers and more than 400 pieces of his work so this museum could be created. The Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum in Rome contains mu- 58
Palazzo Merulana
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Museo delle Mura
RomeThe Porta San Sebastiano (the ancient Porta Appia) is the largest and one of the best-preserved gate that passes through the Aurelian wall in Rome. Directly behind the gate stands the Arch of Drusus, which belonged to the aqueduct Aqua Marcia. The large gate was rebuilt five times. Nowadays, the tow
Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography
RomeThe Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography (Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini") is la museum in Rome. Divided into two separate sections, the museum is spread over three floors and presents on the one hand a large collection of objects of non-European ethnograph
Villa di Massenzio
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Museo Storico dell'Arma dei Carabinieri
RomeThe Historical Museum of the Carabinieri (Museo Storico dell'Arma dei Carabinieri) is a museum in Rome near the Vatican. This Police Museum in Rome illustrates its history chronologically and thematically, starting from the foundation in 1814 of the ancient Corps of Royal Carabinieri, through to the
Museo Carlo Bilotti
RomeThe Carlo Bilotti Museum is a museum of contemporary art in Rome. It is based in the "Aranciera" of Villa Borghese and houses paintings, sculptures and watercolors from the collection donated by the Italian-American entrepreneur and collector Carlo Bilotti, which includes works by Giorgio De Chirico
Museo della Civiltà Romana
RomeThe Museo della Civiltà Romana is a large museum in Rome that features one of the most wholesome collections of artefacts and artworks devoted to the history of Roman civilisation. It was first opened in 1955 and today spans over more than 12 000 square meters. The items on display here are divided
Boncompagni Ludovisi Decorative Art Museum
RomeThe Boncompagni Ludovisi Decorative Arts Museum, also just Museo Boncompagni, is the Decorative Arts Museum of the National Gallery of Modern Art of Rome. The museum is housed in the Villino Boncompagni, an Art Nouveau villa from the twentieth century. The museum focuses on talian decorative arts, c
Museo centrale del Risorgimento al Vittoriano
RomeThe Central Museum of the Risorgimento at the Vittoriano in Rome (Museo centrale del Risorgimento al Vittoriano) is an exhibition space built in 1935 and opened to the public in 1970. It is dedicated to the Risorgimento era and located in a building to the left of the Vittoriano, at the back of the
Museo della Via Ostiense - Porta S.Paolo
RomeMuseo della Via Ostiense is a museum in Rome, housed in the former Porta San Paolo city gate. The museum was built in 1954 to illustrate the topography of the area between Rome and Ostia. Important finds related to the ancient Via Ostiense connecting route between Rome and Ostia and a model depictin
Museo Mario Praz
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Museo delle Auto della Polizia di Stato
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Casa di Goethe
RomeThe Casa di Goethe is a museum and cultural center in Rome dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his Italian journey. With the permanent exhibition 'Goethe in Italy' and two to four temporary exhibitions per year, this Goethe museum in Rome recalls Goethe's Italian experience and the tradition
Museo di Casal de' Pazzi
RomeThe Museum of Casal de 'Pazzi is a museum that focuses on archaeological, geological and paleontological related objects. The museum covers part of a Pleistocene deposit of fluvial origin. The deposit extended over an area of about 1200 m² and consisted of sand and gravel, mostly volcanic. The dep
Museo delle Anime del Purgatorio
RomeThe Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio is a neogothic church in Rome. Within its sacristy hides a museum: The Museum of the Souls in Purgatory (Museo delle Anime del Purgatorio). Inside, you can find exhibitions of various objects and artworks that are supposed to prove the existence of a Christia
Museo APR - Archeologia Per Roma
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Infantry Historical Museum
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Museum of Illusions Rome
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Museo Crocetti
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Museo Teatrale del Burcardo
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Palazzo della Marina
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Museo Storico Nazionale dell'Arte Sanitaria
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Istituto Centrale per la Grafica
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Mostra di Leonardo Da Vinci
RomeMostra di Leonardo Da Vinci in Rome is an exhibition dedicated to Leonardo Da Vinci, the Italian polymath of the Renaissance. The Leonardo Da Vinci’s Museum of Rome features the real machines drawn by Da Vinci’s codes. These machines are entirely made of wood, which required the use of sophisticated 
Sorgente Group Foundation
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Museo San Giovanni de' Fiorentini
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Museo dell'Arte Classica
RomeThe Museo dell'Arte Classica (Museo dei Gessi della Sapienza) is a museum in Rome that was founded by Emanuel Löwy. The Museum has a collection of about twelve hundred plaster casts, which mostly reproduce existing Greek sculptures in museums and collections from all over the world; the exhibition i
Parco Museo Ferroviario Met.Ro
RomeThe Parco Museo Ferroviario (Parco Museo Ferroviario Met.Ro) is a railway museum in Rome that holds numerous vehicles of the predecessor companies that made up the ATAC. It is located in the Roma Porta San Paolo train station on the Roma Porta San Paolo-Cristoforo Colombo railway line to Lido di Ost
Museo Dei Granatieri Di Sardegna
RomeThe Historical Museum of the Grenadiers of Sardinia (Museo Dei Granatieri Di Sardegna) is a museum in Rome that is divided into 15 rooms containing weapons of various origins, both Italian and foreign, as well as photographic material relating to the Great War, the reasons for the awarding of gold m
Museo della Torretta
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Museo di Antropologia "G. Sergi"
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Museo Storico Dei Vigili Del Fuoco
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Museo Storico della Motorizzazione Militare
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IKONO Roma
RomeStep out of your comfort zone and dive into a unique experience you will never forget! IKONO is the new immersive experience in the heart of Rome, just steps from the Pantheon. An exciting and unforgettable 1-hour journey through immersive atmospheres that will unleash your inner creativity to cre
Mausoleo di Monte del Grano
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Museum of the Near East, Egypt and the Mediterranean
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Museo delle Origini
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Museum of Pathological Anatomy
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Museo di Scienze della Terra
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Museum of the History of Medicine
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Museo Orto Botanico
RomeThe Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza", also Orto Botanico di Roma, is a botanical garden that was created in 1883 as the successor to the Renaissance papal botanical gardens. It is located on the hillside of Gianicolo Hill, overlooking the 17th-century Palazzo Corsini, where Queen
Museo delle Antichità Etrusche e Italiche
RomeThe Museo delle Antichità Etrusche e Italiche is a museum in Rome that reconstructs the ancient Italic populations through casts, models and graphics. The museum is divided into two sections. The first being the Gorga collection with Etruscan and Italic ceramics dating back to a period between the A
Museo di Fisica
RomeMuseo di Fisica is a Museum of physics in Rome that organizes various scientific and technological exhibitions. The items on display in the museum are divided into 7 thematic sections, each of them focusing on different aspect of physics. These range from acoustics to pumps. The highlights of the ex
